Multiple left-leaning states have been forced to suspend the coverage of transgender procedures in state Medicaid programs, following a federal rule that eliminated federal contributions for "sex-rejecting procedures" on minors in Medicaid and CHIP. Announced in August, the final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took effect on Tuesday. "Current medical evidence does not support a favorable risk/benefit profile for the use of chemical or surgical procedures in children to treat gender dysphoria," the agency concluded.

Is America in decline? How long has this been going on? And what is causing it? George Barna&rsquo;s name is synonymous with the gold standard for research. He&rsquo;s also an author, professor and cofounder of the cultural research center at Arizona Christian University.&nbsp; On this week&rsquo;s podcast, Host Casey Harper discusses the spiritual trends in America. They discuss Americans&rsquo; changing beliefs, the surprisingly low number of Christians who have a Biblical worldview, and what it means for the future of the nation.&nbsp;

Is America in decline? How long has this been going on? And what is causing it? George Barna's name is synonymous with the gold standard for research. He's also an author, professor and cofounder of the cultural research center at Arizona Christian University.  On this week's podcast, Host Casey Harper discusses the spiritual trends in America. They discuss Americans' changing beliefs, the surprisingly low number of Christians who have a Biblical worldview, and what it means for the future of the nation. 

Artificial Intelligence is becoming more powerful -- and more dangerous -- than ever. Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, hosts a panel on Artificial Intelligence at the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. He was joined by Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of the Award-winning book, <a href="https://sites.prh.com/thetechexitbook">The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones</a> along with Erik Reed, a pastor and cofounder of Dominion A.I.
They discuss the risks, benefits and dangers of the new technology and how it is affecting America, and the church.

Artificial Intelligence is becoming more powerful -- and more dangerous -- than ever. Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, hosts a panel on Artificial Intelligence at the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. He was joined by Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of the Award-winning book, The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones along with Erik Reed, a pastor and cofounder of Dominion A.I. They discuss the risks, benefits and dangers of the new technology and how it is affecting America, and the church.

Former Congressman and current senior fellow at Family Research Council Jody Hice sits down with Host Casey Harper at the Pray Vote Stand Summit. They discuss how God leads leaders, how to know if you are motivated by selfish ambition or God&rsquo;s calling, and how to stand up for the right thing even when it is difficult.

Former Congressman and current senior fellow at Family Research Council Jody Hice sits down with Host Casey Harper at the Pray Vote Stand Summit. They discuss how God leads leaders, how to know if you are motivated by selfish ambition or God's calling, and how to stand up for the right thing even when it is difficult.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building&nbsp; Artificial Intelligence. What&rsquo;s going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building  Artificial Intelligence. What's going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

On today's News Brief: The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a half a billion dollar crackdown on tax fraud, and President Donald Trump announces several major international deals.

On today's News Brief: The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a half a billion dollar crackdown on tax fraud, and President Donald Trump announces several major international deals.

An initiative to end discrimination against young girls in sports will be voted on this November in Washington state.

Professional recruiters say they trust human experts more than computer algorithms. Yet when researchers put that preference to the test, algorithmic advice sometimes outweighed the human experts. Even questionable machine recommendations carried surprising weight.

The upsurge of openly socialist candidates in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections is causing consternation among some American voters that their beloved republic is sliding towards communism. But a brief survey of failed communist predictions shows that Americans have little cause for concern. The economic failures of communism, of course, are well known, especially since the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. But the failures of its political predictions are just as abject and just as important.

It's been one of the Democrats' greatest self-delusions of this election cycle that voters are somehow indifferent to the party's wild leftward lurch. "Let me tell you what I'm hearing," House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) said on CNN's "The Situation Room." "The American people don't care about these [socialism] labels. They don't care about a created inter-Democratic party fight. ...They want people who are going to work for them." Unfortunately for Clark, people aren't just perplexed by the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists in U.S. politics - they're sincerely disturbed. And that fear is driving them straight into the arms of an increasingly rational-sounding GOP.

When Pastor Rick Bick entered the Ottumwa City Council meeting on Tuesday, he didn't expect to be rebuking a satanic prayer. And yet, at the start of the meeting, former council member Matt Dalbey stood before the room and invoked a prayer to Satan, declaring, "Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge. That which will not bend must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. Hail Satan."

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For days, the country has been riveted by the case of death row inmate Christa Pike, who was sentenced to die by lethal injection on September 30 - the first woman in 200 years to be executed in the state of Tennessee. Only Christa didn't die. For two hours, the team at the prison tried and failed to find a vein, ultimately sending a double dose of the poison into her body, not her bloodstream. The result was catastrophic, but not fatal, and she was rushed to the hospital for "life-saving care," a shocking twist that's ignited a global debate about the death penalty. But there's a much bigger outrage taking place in America than this one botched punishment - and it's taking countless lives a year.

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If voters are trying to imagine what the nation would look like under the socialist policies of a Democratic majority in Congress, look no farther than California.

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After months of flooding the zone with glum predictions for Republicans, there's been a quiet but meaningful shift in major media headlines. Left-leaning outlets desperate to make the GOP's demise a self-fulfilling prophecy seem to be subtly hedging their bets against another polling embarrassment. In the last handful of days, even the big dogs - The New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek - are conceding that maybe the election forecasts aren't as lopsided as they've been leading voters to believe. 

I recently asked Claude, Anthropic's artificial intelligence assistant, to investigate whether Claude is a person. Its response began: "I'm Claude, so I'm the subject here. I've tried to report this straight." Claude answered as a participant with a personal stake in the question would answer, and that made the wording striking.

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