The World and Everything In It

Thu » Some dying patients who could no longer speak or respond suddenly reconnect with loved ones. Terminal lucidity offers a glimpse of the mind at life’s edge. Also: Secretary of State Rubio courts Latin America as China deepens its economic hold, while falling SNAP rolls test tougher work rules. Maria Baer finds history in movies, musicals, and handstands. Plus: a hood-riding snake, and David Closson on Britain’s assisted-suicide reversal. Today’s stories— > Thursday morning news > Rubio: The harder sell > SNAP: What drove the drop? > Terminal lucidity: The return before goodbye > Kicker: The hood hitchhiker > Feature: History at play > David Closson: Arguments still matter ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads. theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Thank you for supporting The World and Everything in It ❤️ wng.org/donate ────────────── Additional support comes from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital And from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction.Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family.Learn more at boycecollege.com

Wed » Hunter Baker on the limits of U.S. leverage—from Iran and AI regulation to Canada’s turn toward Europe. Also: In Germany, the election winner may still remain outside government, while Maria Baer lets her children make America’s story their own. Plus: an emu makes a break for freedom, and Cal Thomas considers how to keep powerful tools in their proper place. Today’s stories— > Wednesday morning news > Washington Wednesday: The limits of leverage > WORLD Tour: The winner stays out > Kicker: Free-range fugitive > Feature: Making the story theirs > Cal Thomas: Tools, not masters ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads. theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Thank you for supporting The World and Everything in It ❤️ wng.org/donate ────────────── Additional support comes from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital And from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction.Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family.Learn more at boycecollege.com

Tue » Washington debates how to regulate AI dangers no one fully understands—without slowing the race and handing China an edge. Also: Iran-backed Houthis squeeze a second global shipping chokepoint. Meanwhile, students are reaching college without basic literacy. Plus: elementary schools rethink screens, Girl Scout cookie season goes to the dogs, and Bethel McGrew carries a 9/11 hero’s story into a new generation. Today’s stories— > Tuesday morning news > Interview: Regulating in the dark > Yemen: The second squeeze > Literacy: The pretend degree > Kicker: Good boys get cookies > Education: Lessons offscreen > Commentary: Carrying his name ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads. theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Thank you for supporting The World and Everything in It ❤️ wng.org/donate ────────────── Additional support comes from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital And from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction. Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family. Learn more at boycecollege.com

Mon » A professor parodies a school-endorsed land acknowledgment, is punished for it, and wins a First Amendment fight. Also: David Bahnsen says Vice President Vance’s $9,000 family benefit would expand the welfare state amid a $2 trillion deficit, and calls President Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend even more reckless. Plus: Muhammad Ali climbs back to the heavyweight title one last time. Today’s stories— > Monday morning news > Legal Docket: Reality acknowledgment > Monday Moneybeat: The family subsidy trap > WORLD History Book: One last impossible ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads. theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Thank you for supporting The World and Everything in It ❤️ wng.org/donate ────────────── Additional support comes from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction. Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family. Learn more at boycecollege.com From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital And from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu

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Fri » Culture Friday looks back 25 years after 9/11—and considers what the day still reveals about truth, memory, and moral clarity. Also: John Stonestreet discusses the conspiracy theories that have persisted since Charlie Kirk’s assassination and how abortion culture can push three murdered children to the margins of the Clancy case. Plus: Runner proves better than advertised, and a preview of Doubletake looks at signs misread before marriage. Today’s stories— > Friday morning news > Culture Friday: The day that reveals us > Film review: Better than advertised > Doubletake preview: Signs misread ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads. theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Thank you for supporting The World and Everything in It ❤️ ──────────── Additional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network, which doesn't just connect entrepreneurs with capital. Members engage with funded companies through coordinated encouragement, prayer, and accountability. The network monitors both financial performance and spiritual impact over time. Know an investor who wants their private company investments to advance the gospel? Introduce them to AIN at ambassadorsimpact.com And from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in North Carolina and Iowa. Fall Registration now open at ridgehaven.org

Thu » Photographer Krystyna Sanderson captured St. Paul’s Chapel as a refuge for Ground Zero workers—and saw God’s grace in the devastation. Also: Russia tests NATO’s defenses without crossing into open war, while Canada’s military keeps chaplains on the platform but bars prayer at public ceremonies. Mississippi’s reading turnaround shows what can happen when struggling children aren’t written off. Plus: Royals fans find a win inside a loss, and Daniel Suhr considers what Charlie Kirk taught freedom was for. Today’s stories— Thursday morning news Russia/NATO: Testing the tripwire Canada chaplains: The redacted chaplain Mississippi reading: No child written off Kicker: Baseball, hot dogs, and moral victories 9/11 feature: Grace through the viewfinder Daniel Suhr: What freedom is for Celebrating 15 years of The World and Everything in It and 100 million downloads: Request your free commemorative sticker! » theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Please support The World and Everything in It ❤️ Additional support comes from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in North Carolina and Iowa. Fall Registration now open at ridgehaven.org And from Ambassadors Impact Network, which doesn't just connect entrepreneurs with capital. Members engage with funded companies through coordinated encouragement, prayer, and accountability. The network monitors both financial performance and spiritual impact over time. Know an investor who wants their private company investments to advance the gospel? Introduce them to AIN at ambassadorsimpact.com

Wed » Hunter Baker weighs Republicans’ gamble to make the midterms feel like a Trump election. World Tour follows Britain’s speech laws from a Facebook video to 17 days in custody and a 17-minute acquittal. At the 9/11 Memorial, Dana Tamuccio makes her brother Mike—and thousands of others—more than names on a wall. Cal Thomas asks what “never forget” requires teaching a new generation. Plus: a black bear walks into a fire station. Today’s stories Wednesday morning news Washington Wednesday: Betting the midterms on Trump World Tour: Seventeen days to 17 minutes Kicker: A bear walks in Feature: The people in the names Cal Thomas: What to remember Related reading A Time to Remember: One woman’s mission to honor her brother 25 years after the 9/11 attacks » by Grace Snell Celebrating 15 years of The World and Everything in It and 100 million downloads: Request your free commemorative sticker! www.theworldandeverythinginit.org/sticker Please support The World and Everything in It Additional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network, offering growth-stage Christian entrepreneurs funding and support from mission-aligned investors. ambassadorsimpact.com And from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in North Carolina and Iowa. Fall Registration now open at ridgehaven.org

Tue » Ukrainians build classrooms Russia may destroy, while a national struggle to fill paramedic jobs leaves one rural Michigan medic on duty for most of a 200-hour stretch. Frank Turek hears new questions since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and Janie B. Cheaney traces the troubling turn of the “poster child.” Plus: the Tuesday morning news, California may chill fraud-busting journalism, and the Ig Nobels keep science weird. WORLD Magazine interview with Frank Turek Get your commemorative The World and Everything in It sticker. Support The World and Everything in It today. Additional support comes from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in North Carolina and Iowa. Fall Registration now open at ridgehaven.org And from ... Ambassadors Impact Network, offering growth-stage Christian entrepreneurs funding and support from mission-aligned investors. ambassadorsimpact.com

Mon » Legal Docket follows an Ohio homeowner who stopped gathering for Sabbath prayer after a city order—and lower courts said he still had more process to finish before he could sue. David Bahnsen’s Monday Moneybeat asks when AI’s staggering investment begins to pay and, on Labor Day, why work is rooted in the image of God. Plus: the WORLD History Book on the night Ed Sullivan’s “never” ran into Elvis and the Monday morning news. Celebrating 15 years of The World and Everything in It and 100 million downloads: Request your free commemorative sticker today! Support The World and Everything in It. Additional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network, offering growth-stage Christian entrepreneurs funding and support from mission-aligned investors. ambassadorsimpact.com And from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in North Carolina and Iowa. Fall Registration now open at ridgehaven.org