The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a state pro-life protection by arguing that a federal law designed to protect the "unborn child" requires doctors to carry out abortions. In arguments before the Supreme Court, the administration's top legal advocate asked justices to strike down an Idaho law protecting most children from abortion on the grounds that it conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).

<p>Recently, (and for the last four years) a lot of Americans have voiced their concern about the current state of the economy. It seems the cost of basic survival: food, shelter, and water has just continued to increase. Host Joseph Backholm is joined by The Washington Stand&rsquo;s Ben Johnson for a discussion surrounding the question: What causes an economy to grow or decline? Is there any connection with fertility rate? Joseph and Ben reflect on the spiritual value of an economy, analyze failed economic predictions from 50 years ago, offer a biblical way to think about the economy, and address the declining fertility rate in America.</p>

Recently, (and for the last four years) a lot of Americans have voiced their concern about the current state of the economy. It seems the cost of basic survival: food, shelter, and water has just continued to increase. Host Joseph Backholm is joined by The Washington Stand's Ben Johnson for a discussion surrounding the question: What causes an economy to grow or decline? Is there any connection with fertility rate? Joseph and Ben reflect on the spiritual value of an economy, analyze failed economic predictions from 50 years ago, offer a biblical way to think about the economy, and address the declining fertility rate in America.  

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When people ask Mike Johnson (R-La.) what it's like to be speaker, he puts it this way, "I feel like a triage nurse on the battlefield. They wheel a bloody body in and yell, 'Stop the bleeding!' And I will, and then turn around and there's another bloody body." Now imagine a patient who doesn't appreciate the work the nurse is trying to do, and you have a pretty good picture of some House Republicans too.

Illegal campus occupations have entered their second week while hapless administrators at supposedly elite universities squirm like four-year-olds trying to gain control of a runaway tractor. The protests "don't appear to be dying down at all," Family Research Council Action President Jody Hice noted on "Washington Watch" Friday. As finals and then elections loom, "many people are asking and wondering if the violence is going to spill over into the summer months."

As the Biden campaign continues to push abortion as its primary focus ahead of the November elections, the administration made yet another move to ensure that abortion remains front and center by moving to insert the issue into the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act earlier this month - a move that earned a strong rebuke and lawsuit from a group of 17 Republican state attorneys general.

Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report highlighted increased activity in the U.S., including 1.05 million patients, 9.13 million services, 2.25 million birth control services, 392,715 abortions, and another 1.7 million appointments booked online. But to the dismay of pro-life activists, what may be the most shocking aspect of the data from the report was not the national impact, but the international effect Planned Parenthood has had - a mission they use taxpayer dollars to fund.

Experts are warning of rising anti-Christian hostility - not just abroad, but at home in the U.S. Arielle Del Turco, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, told The Washington Stand, "International religious freedom groups are monitoring religious freedom conditions in the United States more and more, and it's easy to see why. ... Sadly, American culture is increasingly hostile to traditional Christian beliefs."

Given the Marxist fixation with seizing power, it's strange that woke university administrators can't seem to use it better. After all, they, not the students, are the legitimate authority on campus. For campus administrators who need remedial training on how to do their jobs, Texas provided a tutorial Wednesday when University of Texas (UT) at Austin students tried to establish a Gaza solidarity encampment there within sight of the state capitol building. Here's a six-step handbook to shutting down illegal campus takeovers, the Texas way.

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President Biden must be trying really hard to lose this election. Just when you think he's alienated as many people as possible, his White House decides to pick a fight with every woman in America. If the administration was under some grand delusion that taking a sledgehammer to Title IX would endear them to voters, they're in the middle of a very rude reality check. The reaction can pretty much be summed up Kristen Waggoner's way: "See you in court, POTUS."

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When she thinks back on that day, she feels the knot in her stomach. There was a "dark energy," Kim Russell remembers, as her bosses sat in a circle around her - one in a long line of disciplinary hearings the Oberlin lacrosse coach had endured. "I hope you feel remorse for it," her athletic director said. Kim didn't. Voicing her support of girls' sports - her life's passion - was what she believed. If that's the case, Kim was told, "you fall into a category of people that are kind of filled with hate in the world." Life, as she knew it, had changed forever.

Americans stand just weeks away from handing over massive amounts of taxpayer funding, protective equipment intended for U.S. citizens, and an incalculable amount of influence over U.S. policy to the World Health Organization (WHO), critics warn.

Columbia University administrators appear to have given up any hope of reasserting control of their property after days of shocking anti-Semitic protests. One rabbi's counsel to Jewish students to return home was "the reason why classes went virtual at Columbia today," Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, said Monday on "Washington Watch." By Tuesday, Columbia University announced it was switching to hybrid classes for the remainder of the semester.

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