Date: July 09, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
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So many news stories are part of the news cycle. Jim delivers those that are important from a Christian perspective. Here’s a sample from the broadcast:
–Tehran has dragged it’s Persian Gulf neighbors back into the U.S./Iran war by firing a volley of drones and missiles at American partners across the region as part of a major flare-up in violence that upended peace talks.
–According to NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, the fresh U.S. attacks on Iran were absolutely necessary.
–The communication’s office of Hamas’ government in Gaza announced Monday that the head of the terrorist organization’s government committee has submitted their resignation as part of a preparation to transfer administration of the Gaza strip to a technocratic committee affiliated with the Palestinian Authority.
–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Iran “definitely” possesses chemical weapons and would “not care a wit about murdering hundreds of thousands of Americans if they could.”
–Israel and Lebanon have moved to the implementation stage of the U.S. brokered framework agreement that was reached last month.
–Both Republicans and Democrats are opposing President Trump’s plan to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.
–President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that Spain came back all the way and has agreed to boost NATO payments after he ordered a U.S. trade embargo with the country over its reluctance to contribute more to the organization.
–Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, has withdrawn his name from the race against Susan Collins.
–Left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, celebrated the grand opening of a local mosque alongside a holocaust-denying cleric and an imam who has praised Hezbollah terrorists and used the word “Jew” as a slur.
–Abdul El-Sayed has been claiming that he’s a physician when he doesn’t have a valid medical license in New York or Michigan.
–Utah prosecutors spent the week outlining their case against Tyler Robinson during a preliminary hearing that featured text messages, witness testimony and surveillance evidence. He’s been charged with murdering Turning Point U.S.A.’s Charlie Kirk.
–Given the Senate’s frustrating inability to pass the Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote and photo I.D. to submit a ballot, it’s no wonder that many people are worried about election integrity.
–President Trump is backing the House Republican leadership’s plan to use the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to pass portions of the Save America Act.
–An alleged member of the criminal cyber-hacking group “Scattered Spider” has been arrested in Finland and extradited to the U.S. to face federal criminal conspiracy charges in the Northern District of Illinois.
–Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russian forces have completed the capture of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, marking what Moscow described as a major milestone in the war.
–Don’t miss this edition of Crosstalk!
