The Justice Department drops its investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, farmers across the Mississippi Delta face crushing costs, and a new book tells the true story of David George — a reminder that telling America's story honestly means telling the whole story.

Stories Covered
• DOJ drops probe into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
• Mississippi Delta farmers pushed to the brink by fertilizer and fuel costs
• On America's 250th, remembering David George and liberty denied
• Justice Department to allow firing squads for federal executions
• Appeals court rules Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal
• Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran peace talks
• Restored Smithsonian carousel reopens on the National Mall

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1
• Deuteronomy (corners of the field)
• Proverbs 27:23
• Galatians 3:28
• Leviticus 19:34
• Micah 6:8

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The BBC reveals Jeffrey Epstein housed trafficking victims in London flats after the Metropolitan Police declined to investigate. Plus a thwarted synagogue attack in Houston, a bold young Cuban Christian influencer, and the news moving fast in Washington and Silicon Valley.

Stories Covered
• Epstein housed trafficking victims in London flats after the Met declined to investigate (BBC)
• Two young people arrested in alleged plot to attack a Houston synagogue
• Cuban Christian influencer Ernesto Ricardo Medina faces arrest while preaching 'Jesus is Lord, not the Communist Party'
• Speaker Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend FISA 702 surveillance powers
• Trump administration pledges crackdown on Chinese firms exploiting U.S. AI models
• FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for deafness
• Meta announces layoffs of 10% of its workforce

Scripture References
• Proverbs 28:17
• Ecclesiastes 12:14
• Romans 11
• Acts 4
• Romans 13
• Psalm 146
• Psalm 56:8

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Headlines. Heartbeat. Hope. Charles King walks through the day's top stories with a biblical worldview — from Pentagon turnover to the attention economy's grip on Christian media.

Stories Covered
• Navy Secretary John Phelan exits amid continued Pentagon leadership turnover
• Senate GOP moves to fund ICE through budget reconciliation, bypassing Democrats
• Russell Moore on the 'casinofication of the church' and the attention economy
• Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills two workers, hospitalizes thirty
• Tesla posts profit but signals massive AI and humanoid robot spending ahead
• TikTok fuels American expat migration to Vietnam and Thailand
• Dominion Voting Systems' pending lawsuits against Giuliani and Powell grind forward

Scripture References
• Proverbs 11:14 — on counselors and guidance
• Romans 13 — on governing authorities
• Leviticus 19 — on loving the sojourner
• Proverbs 18:17 — on examining both sides
• 2 Timothy 4:3 — on itching ears and sound teaching
• 1 Thessalonians 4 — on working quietly
• Proverbs 14:12 — on ways that seem right
• Proverbs 12:19 — on truthful lips
• Psalm 146:3 — verse of the day

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