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In this episode of LIVE FREE, Pastors Josh Howerton, Carlos Erazo, and Paul Cunningham tackle one of the most debated topics in Christianity: the end times. Walking through key Scriptures, they cut through confusion around Israel, prophecy, and global events—bringing clarity to what Jesus actually said about His return. Instead of fear or speculation, this conversation calls believers to think biblically, reject cultural noise, and live ready. From Romans 9–11 to today’s geopolitical tensions, the team addresses real questions about Israel, Judaism, and the rise of global religions—challenging listeners to stay grounded in truth as we anticipate Christ’s return. In this episode, you’ll learn:  • What the Bible actually teaches about the end times  • Whether the Jewish people are still God’s chosen people  • If Christians should support modern-day Israel  • How to think about the rise of Islam biblically  • Why Jesus calls believers to live ready, not fe...

By Paul Dragu As Americans turn against artificial intelligence, AI companies are building programs to surveil and identify troublemakers in advance. An investigative report published this week by The American Prospect revealed that, “in addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a ‘pre-crime’ approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen. In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs.” An Anthropic security official said during a podcast that the goal is to transform operations “from reactive information to gathering proactive and predictive and preventative threat engagement and management.” The Prospect garnered its findings by reading through job postings, talking to senior security officials at Anthropic, and listening to interviews with company officials.   A Response to Growing Threats? Anthropi...

By Stephanie Nolasco Lindsey Schmidt spent nine years in the Army, including time accompanying Green Berets on missions in Iraq. Now the veteran nicknamed "Xena" is slipping into red lipstick and stilettos to tell a different side of her story. The Virginia resident is now appearing in the Pin-Ups For Vets’ 21st annual fundraiser calendar for 2027 , which features 13 female veterans from across the country photographed in vintage styles. "The whole reason I even joined the military was because of 'Saving Private Ryan,'" Schmidt told Fox News Digital. "So it was a full-circle moment to go back into that World War II era. And it's so great to see a spotlight on female veterans in this way, especially highlighting femininity." Lindsey Schmidt is featured in Pin-Ups For Vets' 2027 calendar. (Shane Karns) "I know a lot of us don't feel super feminine when we're in uniform, but to be a part of this group of women who are s...

By Kelli Ballard ICE detains the wage earner, and Arlington County, VA, taxpayers get the bill. That's the unusual arrangement approved, where officials have dedicated $50,000 in public money to families of immigrants affected by detention and deportation. Qualifying households can receive as much as $2,000 for expenses such as housing, food, and utilities. Families of Detained Immigrants Get Paid Should the families of illegal immigrants get financial aid when the main breadwinner is arrested or detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement? The powers that be in Arlington certainly seem to think so. On September 2, the board voted 4-0 to provide $50,000 for emergency financial assistance in a program expected to last approximately 10 months. The kicker is that the money is coming from the county’s Department of Human Services budget, which means this is taxpayers’ money and not privately donated funds. The county expects it will be able to assist between 25 and 30 famil...

By Rusty Weiss Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Thursday that federal authorities are conducting an ongoing investigation into allegations that Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) married her brother as part of an immigration scheme. The allegation that Omar married her brother has circulated since at least 2016 . Speaking to political podcaster Benny Johnson at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Mullin suggested the case is more than just political gossip. “We know that she married her brother to try to bring him to the United States,” he asserted, referring to Omar’s alleged 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. In 2019, the Minneapolis Star Tribune revisited documents and unanswered questions about Omar’s marriage history, including old claims that she wed a relative to "skirt immigration laws" — claims she has denied. Mullin added that the man now lives in London and that investigators may be looking at “the whole family migration and possibly some ...

By Nick Arama It was a very moving day in New York City, with the 25th anniversary of 9/11. There was a special recognition at Ground Zero, where the official commemoration took place.  But there were other memorials throughout the day, including at Yankee Stadium before the Yankees-Mets game. Before the first pitch, the Yankees played a seven-minute video on the outfield scoreboard featuring members of the 2001 team reflecting on the aftermath of the attacks. Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Paul O’Neill, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada were among the former Yankees featured in the tribute. Two people who lost their fathers in the attacks — Brielle Saracini and her husband, Sean McGuire — threw out the ceremonial first pitches. Both were 10 years old when their fathers were killed on Sept. 11, 2001. Some of the 2001 Yankees were in attendance at the game.  Singer Lee Greenwood performed “God Bless the USA,” to rousing applause, followed by chants of “USA."  LEE GRENWOOD...

By Jim Hᴏft A Customs and Border Protection supervisor assigned to the Maine-Canada border has been arrested and charged after FBI agents say he was caught on hidden camera tearing apart government computers, ripping out processors and memory, stuffing in cheaper parts, and plugging the machines back into CBP’s network. Terry “Jiajia” Liu, 39, of Calais, Maine, described himself as a native of Guangzhou, China. He worked as a CBP supervisor at the Calais Port of Entry, with duties stretching to the Ferry Point and Milltown crossings. CBP officers are required to be U.S. citizens. According to The Maine Wire, Liu has posted images suggesting he voted in 2020. That does not answer the question every American should be asking: how did a man from Guangzhou end up with after-hours access to Homeland Security computers on the northern border? According to an FBI affidavit obtained by Steve Robinson at The Maine Wire, CBP IT staff discovered in late 2025 that computers at three Ma...

By Christopher F. Rufo and Madeleine Rowley Last December, Chief Nathan Ogbatue arrived in a motorcade outside the grand entrance of a newly built palace in Abatete, Nigeria. A videographer shouted praises in Igbo, calling him “half man, half god” and commending him for building the palace “free of charge” for the Abatete community. Ogbatue is hailed on social media as a philanthropist who has built roads and housing , sponsors annual medical clinics, and provides food for the needy in Abatete. He is also, it turns out, CEO of California Home Health Agency (CHHA), a lucrative taxpayer-funded company that provides in-home medical care and a range of specialty treatments. Chief Nathan Obiorah Ogbatue is a Nigerian chief who made millions from Medi-Cal. Facebook/Idemili Media Associates How did Ogbatue make his money? Between 2018 and 2021, CHHA made less than $2 million from Medicaid. Then, over the next three years, the company raked in more than $34 million — ...

Taxi drivers in Tehran face rationing that that has reduced their subsidized monthly allocations of fuel by one third. (Shutterstock) By Benoit Faucon and Hamraz Bayan Long lines at gas stations. Strikes by truckers. A government struggling to maintain the subsidies that had helped much of the population keep their heads above water. The economic fallout from the war and the American blockade is adding to the pain facing ordinary Iranians who are already struggling with a plunging currency, worsening joblessness and rising prices for everything from food to trash bags. On Monday, the government doubled some gasoline prices to the equivalent of $0.04 a liter. Filling a tank after the cheapest rations are exhausted could now cost $2 for a car and $5 for a truck, a drain for Iranians, most of whom don’t earn much more than $100 a month. Some gas stations ran dry as drivers rushed to fill up before the new prices took effect. The increases were directed at passenger vehicles fill...

By IDAN KWELLER Nearly three years before the September 11 attacks, US intelligence officials warned then-US president Bill Clinton and the administration that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States using a plane “loaded with explosives” that would be flown into an American city, according to classified documents declassified and released by the CIA on Friday. The documents, released ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks, show that US intelligence agencies repeatedly warned senior officials about bin Laden and al-Qaeda’s intentions to strike inside the United States in the years leading up to September 11, 2001 . The document, dated September 10, 1998, was titled “Bin Laden’s Location and Intentions” and was prepared for senior administration officials with access to the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, one of the most highly classified intelligence documents provided to the president and a small group of national security officials. The d...

By Kevin Downey Jr. Between the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the first anniversary of a gay guy dating a gay guy who wants to be a woman killing Charlie Kirk, it's been a rough week for patriots both here at PJ Media and over at the Kevin Downey, Jr. Show . I started the week's shows with my good friend and PJ Media's own Stephen Kruiser and me broadcasting from behind enemy lines in the commie stronghold of Ann Arbor, Mich., on Labor Day, a "holiday" that reeks of communism. Kruiser wrote all about it and asked me to chirp in as well: Related: The Morning Briefing: Laboring to Defeat Communism Is What We're Doing Here Kruiser and I started my Labor Day radio show with Kruiser recapping how he yelled a hilarious obscenity at a doddery hippy holding a sign that read "Honk for Democracy," as though his most daunting existential threat is President Donald Trump's administration and not his PSA number or a winter rendezvous with his hip and a sh...