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In the Darkest Tunnels, Hamas Survivors Found God

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

The worst pain for the hostage families is not knowing. To the 58 pairs of mothers and fathers who crossed into the 600-day threshold of this nightmare last month, the flickers of hope feel fewer and farther between. “Time is running out,” survivor Yocheved Lifshitz said emotionally. Others, looking at pictures of the dozens still in captivity — more than half of whom are almost certainly dead — can’t begin to comprehend the hell they’ve endured.
Dodgers’ Kershaw Has Pitch-Perfect Response to Pride Night

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

Clayton Kershaw may not have pitched Friday night, but he still made more headlines than most of his teammates. The Dodgers’ star, who happens to be an outspoken Christian, made a splash at the team’s Pride Night by putting a unique twist on Los Angeles’s gear. It was a simple but powerful statement that June will never be the same — not in Major League Baseball, and frankly, not anywhere.
Taxpayers Are Helping Fund Anti-ICE Riots; Capitol Hill Probes Launched

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | Mark Tapscott

Hundreds of millions of state and federal tax dollars are helping far-left nonprofit activist groups by providing logistical, legal, and material support to the often-violent nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s order to deport all illegal aliens with criminal records.
The View from the Situation Room as Israel Lit Up Iran

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was expecting to be 6,000 miles away next Sunday, a consequential trip that looks increasingly in doubt now. The Republican leader, who was hoping to become the third speaker to address the Israeli Knesset, can’t begin to predict what the Middle East will look like in a week.
CBO Reform Movement Gathering Strength in Congress

2 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Mark Tapscott

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) officials would be barred under a bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this week from adding temporary spending programs to the permanent baseline of government expenditures used in official budget projections.
No Amount of Mental Gymnastics Can Justify Biles’s Pro-Trans Stance

2 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

Self-reflection comes a little more easily when your brand is on fire. That was certainly the case for Simone Biles after a four-day thrashing for her betrayal of girls’ sports and ruthless takedown of Riley Gaines. With a Netflix series, lucrative endorsements, and public credibility on the line, the three-time Olympian finally released a statement to salvage what’s left of her legacy.
Simone Biles Vaults into the Spotlight as an Enemy of Girls’ Sports

2 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

The saddest thing about Simone Biles isn’t that she’s wrong about girls’ sports (although that is shocking coming from one of the best female athletes on the planet). The saddest thing about her attack on Riley Gaines is that it revealed the kind of person the three-time Olympian really is. Instead of approaching the transgender debate with the thoughtfulness and civility people expect from a star of her stature, Biles decided to publicly disrespect and berate another woman.
The Cross-Focused Life Means We Live for Christ in a Me-First World

3 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

In a world gripped by an unrelenting obsession with self, we’re drowning in a sea of “me-first” mentality. As Paul David Tripp brilliantly exposes, “The DNA of sin is selfishness. Sin inserts me into the middle of my universe; the one place reserved for God and God alone. Sin reduces my field of concern down to my wants, my needs, and my feelings. Sin really does make it all about me.” This truth cuts like a blade, revealing how deeply self-worship has infected our culture.
Meet the Companies Helping to Trans Kids and Hide It from Parents

3 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Suzanne Bowdey

It’s been a while since Americans could actually sit back and enjoy June. Now, instead of bumping into rainbows in every aisle and choking on the colored logos of every conceivable brand, there’s some freedom from the suffocating fumes of Pride Month. In these last two years, the march to pull companies back to neutral has outperformed everyone’s expectations. But in this process of rolling back decades of corporate wokeism, one thing is clear: this isn’t over.
Report Reveals Christian Media has Major Impact on Americans, Young and Old

3 weeks ago | washingtonstand.com | Sarah Holliday

The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), in collaboration with the Barna Group, released a report with eye-catching statistics. It turns out, over 60% of American adults are captivated by Christian media. From TV and radio to podcasts and social media, half of these surveyed viewers tune in to Christian media sources weekly, with 28% labeled as “heavy users,” binge-watching across multiple platforms daily. The audience? It’s younger than one might expect.