People show what they value by what they treat as an emergency. What threatens what they value, and what are they going to do about it? For the Seattle School Board, the latest emergency threat is Washington voters, who chose last week to protect girls' sports against unsafe and unfair competition from biological males. The school board viewed that outcome as unacceptable, and now they plan to sue - if only they can find the grounds to do so.

Democrats won big in the midterms. The House. The Senate. Governor races. It wasn’t even close in many states. But here’s the question: now what?&nbsp;Host Casey Harper sits down with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins to break down the midterm results, why Democrats won, what it means for the country, and how Christians should think about it.

Democrats won big in the midterms. It wasn't even close in many states. But here's the question: now what?  Tony Perkins sits down with host Casey Harper to break down the midterm results, why Democrats won, what it means for the country, and how Christians should think about it.

Sharia Law! Is it real or a myth? Is it actually a threat to America?
Host Casey Harper talks with Shahram Hadian, a former Muslim who left Iran. He says the Sharia takeover of Iran is coming to the U.S.
They discuss questions like:

<ul><li>Is the concern over Sharia law conservative fearmongering or is there more to it? </li>
 <li>Can Islam and Sharia be separated?</li>
 <li>Why are so many Americans afraid to call out Sharia? </li>
</ul>

Sharia Law! Is it real or a myth? Is it actually a threat to America? Host Casey Harper talks with Shahram Hadian, a former Muslim who left Iran. He says the Sharia takeover of Iran is coming to the U.S. They discuss questions like:-Is the concern over Sharia law conservative fearmongering or is there more to it? -Can Islam and Sharia be separated?-Why are so many Americans afraid to call out Sharia?

The midterm elections are here. Americans will head to the polls to make their voices heard, but how should we think about this election season Biblically? Host Casey Harper is joined by award-winning investigative journalist Mark Tapscott and FRC Action’s Matt Carpenter.&nbsp; They discuss questions like:&nbsp; <ul><li>&nbsp;How should Christians think about Socialism?</li><li>&nbsp;What about Islam?</li><li>&nbsp;What ballot initiatives are worth watching?</li><li>&nbsp;And more.&nbsp;</li></ul> This episode brought to you by FRC Action.&nbsp;

The midterm elections are here. Americans will head to the polls to make their voices heard, but how should we think about this election season Biblically?Host Casey Harper is joined by award-winning investigative journalist Mark Tapscott and FRC Action's Matt Carpenter. They discuss questions like:  - How should Christians think about Socialism? - What about Islam? - What ballot initiatives are worth watching? - And more. This episode brought to you by FRC Action. 

If someone invited Satan into your city council meeting, would you have the courage to stand up and say something? One Pastor, Rick Bick, did just that and caused a national firestorm. Host Casey Harper and Pastor Bick discuss questions like: - Where did you get the courage to stand up and say something? - How can pastors be watchmen in their communities? - How do you understand the spiritual climate (good and bad) in your city? How can pastors do that? - How important is prayer?

If someone invited Satan into your city council meeting, would you have the courage to stand up and say something? One Pastor, Rick Bick, did just that and caused a national firestorm.Host Casey Harper and Pastor Bick discuss questions like:...

Inflation shows no signs of improving. Two years into the second Trump administration, Americans should buckle up for the economy to take an even worse turn, one economist says. 

Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine wrapped up two days of talks Wednesday in Abu Dhabi with the announcement of a large-scale prisoner exchange agreed to by both sides, but without any breakthroughs for a wider peace. The talks, which were mediated by the U.S., were the first held between the two countries in nine months amid a war of aggression that Moscow has waged on its smaller neighbor for almost five years.

The nationwide campaign against transgender procedures on minors gained new momentum last week, despite the general triumph of pro-transgender politicians. In Colorado, voters approved a ballot measure (Proposition 135) prohibiting transgender surgeries on minors, acting to protect children when their politicians would not. Colorado thus became the 28th state to restrict transgender procedures on minors, and the first state to do so by ballot measure.

House Freedom Caucus (HFC) members delivered three tough-minded messages during a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday that was by turns somber about the midterm election disaster for Republicans and pugnaciously determined to spend every remaining moment of the 119th Congress enacting conservative reforms.

Military personnel are not alone in sustaining our republic. Families, churches, teachers, public servants, and many others contribute to its strength. But when our country faced grave threats, Americans in uniform stepped forward to defend it, sometimes at the cost of everything they held dear.

Exit poll data from tens of thousands of voters allow analysts to investigate narratives surrounding the 2026 election with empirical data. For example, was the Republican collapse due in part to a loss of support from evangelicals? The answer is both no and yes.

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

There's no shortage of takeaways from last Tuesday's shellacking, but one of the most unfortunate is the door the GOP's drubbing opened for radical Islam. In Michigan, which is sounding more like an arm of the Tehran propaganda machine every day, two of the most powerful offices are laying an unnerving groundwork for the nation's next chapter. As Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed openly warned in his victory speech, winning his seat was never the goal. "The goal is to use that seat to transform our politics." And that's what every American should be afraid of.

Editorial Director and Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

Call it a tale of two states. Both Republican-run. Both prosperous. Both heavily populated states that influence the rest of the nation. Yet in the blue tsunami, the results in Texas and Florida were very different. Why was the outcome in Florida so different than in Texas, which Governor Ron DeSantis referred to as Florida's "chief rival, in a healthy sense"?

Republicans chose US Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday to lead them against a Democratic-controlled Congress that will take power in January for the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency.

Virtually nobody had the race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi on the 2026 battleground list; the race received not a single independent poll. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) has won the seat twice, most recently securing it by 10 points in 2020. Yet, days after election day, the race remains too close to call, and Hyde-Smith is currently trailing challenger Scott Colom (D) by less than 2,000 votes. While Democrats enjoyed an unexpectedly massive wave, how did Mississippi, of all places, become one of the most contested seats? The answer reinforces the maxim that all politics are local, while also poignantly tapping into a nationwide phenomenon.

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