Truth Itself – Page 8 – News that Impacts Your Faith, Family & Country

Next week is the 35th anniversary of See You At the Pole

September 19, 2025

A fall “Symphony of Prayer” launched in August to lift the concerns of students attending schools and confined to juvenile justice centers. Daily prayer walks and weekly prayer gatherings on school grounds are... Listen Now...

Americans want AI safeguards by a 9-1 margin

September 18, 2025

Congressional leaders and White House officials have been developing competing legislative priorities on how to shape artificial intelligence. Some have recently expressed concern that A.I. chatbots might be d... Listen Now...

The Nation’s Report Card reveals all-time low test scores

September 17, 2025

The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2024 results released Tuesday reveal historically low scores – furthering the national downward trend that began over a decade ago. The assessment evaluated 12th graders in reading and math and eighth gr... Listen Now...

Last week, a federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to stop sending taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood

September 16, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled the Trump administration can begin enforcing the provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) which defunds the abortion industry of federal Medicai... Listen Now...

The Federal Trade Commission Starts an Inquiry Into AI Chatbots That Act As ‘Companions’ — And their Effect On Children

September 15, 2025

The FTC said it wants to understand what steps, if any, companies have taken to evaluate the safety of their chatbots when acting as companions, to limit the products’ use by and potential negative effects on ... Listen Now...

A court orders a Christian school reinstated after the school’s girls’ team refused to play against a male athlete

September 12, 2025

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released a unanimous opinion earlier this week in the Vermont case. Circuit Judge Michael Park, a Trump appointee, authored the opinion, which reversed a lower court decision against the Mid Verm... Listen Now...

A new film confronts the horrors of sex trafficking

September 11, 2025

“Still Hope” tells the story of a teenage girl whose life is stolen by traffickers and the difficult road she faces after finding freedom. The film, inspired by true stories, will premiere in theaters nationwi... Listen Now...

The Federal Trade Commission and Utah authorities have ordered the owner of Pornhub to pay a $5 million penalty for hosting content on the website that includes child abuse

September 10, 2025

Pornhub has been ordered, among other things, to suspend all content featuring child sex abuse material and nonconsensual material, stop the publication and dissemination of such materials, and have its preven... Listen Now...

A federal judge has barred the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing a workplace rule that would compel the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to act against their religious beliefs

September 9, 2025

The order prohibits the EEOC from enforcing a workplace rule that requires employers to accommodate abortion-related procedures. The ruling will remain in effect while a larger legal challenge against the rule proceeds. The ruling also blocks the agency fr... Listen Now...

In Texas, the attorney general recommends public school students recite the Lord’s Prayer ‘as taught by Jesus Christ’

September 8, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s comments come on the heels of a court-ordered delay of the implementation of a new law that was set to take effect this month. It allows school boards to set aside time for ... Listen Now...