The Weekly Rundown

July 11, 2026   7:00 AM ET

IT MATTERS. In a post-COVID world, research from Harvard University, Stanford, and Dartmouth has shown that academic recovery is taking the shape of a "U." Some student scores have surged back to pre-pandemic levels while others have stalled. Don't miss this important story.

POLITICS. Planned Parenthood's one year ban on federal funding expired last Sunday; here's how pro-life advocates are reacting.

Graham Platner was the Democrat candidate for Senate in Maine until key Democrats began pulling their endorsements this week. Platner's withdrawal from the race yesterday, just prior to 5 pm ET, was a calculated political strategy. Here's why.

Gerrymandering has been reshaping congressional maps in multiple states and might determine which party will be in charge in the House of Representatives after November's mid-term election. Here are the details. 

Young people in American schools are increasingly facing antisemitic speech and actions. Sign CBN's Faith in Action petition to protect Jewish students in U.S. schools. 

HAPPENING HERE. This week the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) voted 441-30 to support access to transgender surgery for both children and adults. Here are the details.

Young Navy veteran Ethan Preseau collapsed and his MRI showed brain death. His family prayed for 10 days, took him off life support, and completed the walk of honor. As they began preparing for Ethan's funeral, this happened.

During a hearing this week related to the trial of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk last September, Robinson's former roommate told the court that he had expressed remorse. Kirk's widow, Erica, attended the hearing in addition to Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and members of Robinson's family. Here's the story.

INTERNATIONAL. Pastor Jin "Ezra" Mingri spent 266 days in prison in China and was recently released. He arrived in the United States last weekend and shared this message in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.

Thomas Samuel claims direct descent from Muhammad and served as an imam and Islamic evangelist. Here's what happened when Samuel attempted to take his own life and cried out to God for salvation.

HEALTH. Almost 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with the parasitic infection cyclospora; here's what you need to know.  And an American Bible Society (ABS) study has found that reading the Bible has better self-care outcomes than exercising. Here's why. 

ENTERTAINMENT. Mel Gibson's 2004 biblical epic The Passion of the Christ is being re-released next May, prior to the release of his sequel, The Resurrection of the Christ. Learn more here.

Radio host Steve Deace is warning people that he believes Steven Spielberg's film, Disclosure Day, is a "direct assault on Christianity." Here's what you need to know. And Angel Studio's Young Washington film hit #2 at the box office on July 4, ahead of Toy Story 5. Here's how to find it in a theater near you!

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Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: "I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ "

- I Kings 2:1-4 (NKJV)  

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