With the November presidential election 24 weeks away, an index measuring consumer sentiment on the economy dropped to a six-month low after its largest decline since 2021. The plummeting confidence comes as President Joe Biden recently shrugged off the concerns while falsely claiming for the second time in less than a week that inflation was at 9% when he took office.

On Sunday, May 19, roughly 1,000 churches came together to pray for the people and state of Israel. Several congregations across the country heard passionate sermons on why the church needs to stand with Israel and intercede on its behalf. As Family Research Council President Tony Perkins emphasized at Baton Rouge's Jefferson Baptist Church, any time people are "standing for truth, there is a battle that rages around." In other words, "[W]e're engaged in a spiritual battle" now.

While some in the U.S. health community continue to claim that gender transition procedures save lives, a new study is showing that the dangerous interventions actually increase the risk of suicide.

The top House Republican is warning that the Democratic Party is trying to jail its chief political rival before November's election. Appearing with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Saturday morning's episode of "This Week on the Hill," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declared, "Donald Trump is being targeted because of who he is. If he was not running for president again, I don't think you'd see any of this barrage of prosecutions, these local district attorneys and state attorneys who are after him..."

The war against Hamas has had plenty of plot twists, but the last 48 hours have thrown an already chaotic international scene into even more uncertainty. Not only did Israel's perpetual tormenter, President Ebrahim Raisi, die in an unexpected helicopter crash, but members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are trying to arrest both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gazan leaders for "war crimes."

College semesters may be winding down, but the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations that have dominated the past month are not. Last week saw more encampments, more illegal break-ins, and more arrests. Since April 18, police have made at least 3,011 arrests during pro-Hamas direct actions on 68 college campuses in 29 states.