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--Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, has withdrawn his name from the race against Susan Collins.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.