Date: May 16, 2025
Host: Jim Schneider
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If you’re seeking news not covered by the legacy media, you’ve come to the right place. It’s Crosstalk and our Friday News Round-Up & Comment broadcast. Here’s a sample of content from the program:
–Former FBI Director James Comey is facing a federal investigation after he posted an image that U.S. officials say appeared to call for the assassination of President Trump.
–It was another record year for Planned Parenthood. Although they bill themselves as a women’s health organization, in their annual report they indicate they aborted a record 402,230 babies in the past year while generating over 2 billion dollars in revenue.
–A Louisiana woman killed her 20 week unborn child via an abortion pill and then threw the baby in a garbage can.
–A Michigan judge has struck down several pro-life laws designed to protect unborn babies and ensure women’s safety, ruling them unconstitutional under the state’s 2022 pro-abortion amendment.
–The South Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection Act that protects the lives of unborn children when a heartbeat is detected, usually by six weeks gestational age.
–New York is on track to become the 11th state to legalize assisted suicide.
–During his trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump told the world who is in charge and it’s not human authority. Jim provided audio from the president.
–President Trump launched his Middle East visit by saying Iran needed to “make the right decision” about its nuclear program “because something’s going to happen one way or the other.” He also said, “So we’ll either do it friendly or we’ll do it very unfriendly.”
–On May 13th, the United States sanctioned networks of entities that sold Iranian oil to China and used the proceeds to fund terrorist activities.
–President Donald Trump visited the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi, at the tail end of his Middle East tour.
–On Monday, Hamas released Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, marking a major milestone in the long-running negotiations between Hamas, Israel and the U.S.
–The House Budget Committee rejected President Trump’s budget bill, a major setback to leaders of the GOP-led chamber who’ve set a July 4th deadline for final passage.
Other stories dealt with delays at airports, New Jersey transit train engineers on strike, the FBI Director seeks to move the agency, the Freedom from Religion Foundation calls on the Department of Defense to halt plans for an official Christian prayer meeting and much more, including calls from listeners.
