From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three militia members convicted of taking part in a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas were sentenced Friday to decades in prison during an emotional court hearing in which one of the targeted victims pleaded: “Please don’t hate us.”

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Patrick Stein, the alleged ringleader, to 30 years in prison and Curtis Allen, who drafted a manifesto for the group, to 25 years. Gavin Wright, who authorities said helped make and test explosives at his mobile home business, received 26 years. The plot was foiled after another militia member alerted authorities.   Continue reading “Militia members get decades in prison in Kansas bomb plot”

Daily Mail

More than 100 migrants have been taken into custody after being caught on camera scaling a border wall in Arizona – one week after 376 others had dug their way in near the same location.

‘On Monday #CBP #YumaSector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 110+ Central Americans who illegally scaled the wall with the assistance of a smuggler with a ladder,’ read a tweet from the agency’s verified Twitter account, posted on Wednesday afternoon.   Continue reading “Nearly 500 Central American migrants have entered the US illegally within one week in AZ”

Press TV

A state of emergency was declared on Friday in the western US state of Washington following a measles outbreak that has affected more than two dozen people, the majority of them children.

The disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 but has since made a comeback that is tied to imported cases and the rise of the anti-vaccine movement.   Continue reading “State of emergency declared in US measles outbreak”

CNN

In a blog post on Friday, the Google-owned company said it would start reducing its recommendations of “borderline content” and videos that may misinform users in “harmful ways.”   Continue reading “YouTube says it will crack down on recommending conspiracy videos”

Press TV

US President Donald Trump announces a deal with the Democrats to temporarily reopen the government which has been shut down since December 22.

“I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government,” Trump said on Friday.   Continue reading “Trump announces deal with Democrats to temporarily end government shutdown”

Campus Reform – by Jon Street

UPDATE: The University of Georgia released a statement Sunday with regard to Frimpong’s comments.   Continue reading “Ga. TA now says gun-toting ‘white country’ people are ‘terrorists’”

Daily Caller – by Luke Rosiak

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a paper internally that suggests President Donald Trump may have the authority to use Department of Defense resources to build a wall without obtaining congressional approval or declaring a state of emergency.

CRS, Congress’s in-house research arm, internally published a paper Jan. 10 titled “Can the Department of Defense Build the Border Wall?,” which The Daily Caller News Foundation has obtained. It says (emphasis added): Continue reading “Congress’ Nonpartisan Research Arm Says Trump Could Have DOD Build A Wall Without State of Emergency or Congressional Approval”

ABC News

Two people, including an 82-year-old man, were shot dead by a gunman at a bar and a home near Penn State University Thursday night, police said.

The shooter first killed a man and injured two others at the P.J. Harrigan’s bar about two miles from campus, according to State College Police Chief John Gardner.   Continue reading “Gunman kills 2 at bar and home near Penn State University: Police”

News.com.au

Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to declare a national emergency along the US-Mexico border.

While the President’s advisers have been divided on the issue, the White House is moving forward with plans to bypass Congress and declare a national emergency over the issue of funding for the wall to keep immigrants out of the country, CNN reports. Continue reading “The White House is preparing for Donald Trump to declare a national emergency”

Yahoo News

(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is considering taking steps to limit the ability of states to block interstate gas pipelines and other energy projects, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.

The effort, possibly through an executive order, is aimed chiefly at states in the Northeast U.S., where opposition to pipeline projects has helped prevent abundant shale gas in Pennsylvania and Ohio from reaching consumers in New York and other cities.   Continue reading “Trump Eyes Action to Limit States’ Powers to Block Pipelines”

Yahoo News

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two U.S.-Mexico meetings have been held to work out details of a new plan to return across the shared border migrants seeking U.S. asylum, but Mexico will not accept anybody facing a credible threat back home, a Mexico Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

In a major policy change, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Dec. 20 it would send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. southern border back to wait in Mexico while their U.S. asylum requests are processed.   Continue reading “Mexico says will not accept return of at-risk U.S. asylum seekers”

World Events and the Bible

We had the opportunity to visit “The Ark Encounter” which is a replica of Noah’s Ark that is located in Williamstown, Kentucky. I wanted to visit the site since its completion in 2016. As I look back on our experience, I was not sure what to expect from this attraction. I suppose my initial thoughts were just the size of the ark, I never looked up the details, I hate to spoil the surprise. Unfortunately, it would become one of the biggest eye-opening experiences of my life into the false teachings of mainstream Christianity.   Continue reading “The False Teaching Of “The Ark Encounter””