Author: Erick Neuman
WASHINGTON – Make America Fit Again. That’s the goal behind President Trump’s latest executive order that reestablishes the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. “This is a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” said Trump Thursday at the White House signing of the executive order. A rite of passage for public school kids for decades, the Presidential Fitness Test was established in 1956 but phased out during the Obama administration. It gauges fitness with a one-mile run, sit-ups, and stretching. The executive order also expands the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Golf Great Bryson DeChambeau is the…
WASHINGTON – In the age of information and artificial intelligence, smartphones are at the center of our culture, and that comes with serious challenges and concerns, especially for kids whose minds are still developing. A new book by Clare Morell, The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones, shows families how they can ditch smartphones and screens. “Most of the parenting books on technology kind of accept this premise that at some point your child will get a smartphone and social media, so here’s how to mitigate the damage,” said Morell in an interview with…
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle a lawsuit over its role in assisting pro-Palestinian protestors who blocked Jewish students and faculty from large areas of campus and critical campus buildings. As CBN News reported, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests paralyzed campuses across the U.S. in 2024 even as Israel fought to rescue hostages who were being held by Hamas terrorists in horrific conditions in Gaza. UCLA was one of more than 10 campuses where violent clashes broke out and dozens of arrests took place. The Becket Fund, a non-profit legal…
Summertime means Vacation Bible School for many churches across the country. For more than a hundred years, VBS has provided children a week-long, faith-based experience combining learning with fun and fellowship. Excitement filled the air at Kempsville Baptist Church in Virginia Beach on a recent hot Wednesday night in July, as children from kindergarten through 5th grade showed up for their 3rd night of VBS. Bible lessons combined with games, crafts, music and other activities engage the young people while helping them grow in their faith. This year’s focus is magnifying the Lord. Lifeway VBS Specialist Melita Thomas told CBN…
A Maryland pastor who has led a small Hispanic congregation since 2015 is being held at a detention center in Louisiana after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him last week. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three, is reportedly preaching to detainees at Winn Correctional Center in Winn Parish, Louisiana, while waiting to face an immigration judge to request bond. “He’s a remarkably resilient man, and for all of the trauma that he has been subjected to and the stress that’s been inflicted upon him and on his family, he is upbeat and his spirits are good,”…
Evangelist Ray Comfort is very literally thanking the Lord for the safety of his wife and staff after a man armed with a knife was arrested for allegedly sneaking into his ministry warehouse. Comfort told CBN News his Living Waters office, located in Bellflower, California, experienced a deeply troubling incident on July 20 when staff noticed something wasn’t quite right. “That afternoon, we spotted one of our executive staff members in the ministry parking lot staring at his car,” Comfort said. “He was on the phone with the police — someone had tried to break into his vehicle. Whoever it was damaged…
A bi-vocational pastor in Louisiana says he was fired from his second job as a librarian because he declined to use the preferred pronouns of a co-worker. Luke Ash is the pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge and worked a second job at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library to support his wife and four children. Ash appeared on “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins,” to recount the ordeal, telling the host that he decided to take a job as a librarian after working as a truck driver. “I thought that the library would be probably better for the…
This year is shaping up to be a bad one for Planned Parenthood. The abortion giant has closed more than two dozen abortion facilities across the country, citing, in some cases, funding concerns caused by new federal regulations that prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. As CBN News reported, the Supreme Court recently ruled that states can disqualify Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. Earlier this month, President Trump also signed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which places a one-year freeze on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for the organization. “A majority (60%) of Planned Parenthood health centers at…
Officials are planning to charge a man with terrorism and multiple counts of assault with intent to murder following a stabbing spree at a Walmart store in Michigan over the weekend. Eleven people were injured in the incident Saturday in Traverse City, but all are expected to survive. And the incident could have been much worse had it not been for the heroic interventions of bystanders. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Bradford Gille of Afton, Michigan, was taken into custody after bystanders detained him in the store’s parking lot. Investigators say the victims do not appear to have been specifically…
The story of a teenager who fell through the ice in 2015, was under water for 15 minutes, and was clinically dead for over an hour before miraculously being brought back to life has captivated audiences. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” John Smith’s story was so compelling it was made into a feature film, “Breakthrough,” a 2019 drama starring Chrissy Metz of “This Is Us” fame. Jason Noble, the real-life preacher who ministered to Smith’s family during the ordeal, recently reflected on the impact of the story nearly a decade later. “It’s a modern-day Lazarus story when you look…