‘Death to the Dictator’: Iranians Rebel Against Ruling Establishment, Hope in Replacing Iran’s Regime

(Worthy Insights) – Just two years ago, Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said this:

“The situation between America and Iran is this: When you chant, “Death to America!” It is not just a slogan, it is policy,” Khamenei said.

Iran’s leaders still call the U.S. the “Great Satan,” and Israel, “Little Satan.”

But lately, on Iran’s street’s the people are chanting something very different.

“Death to the Dictator. Death to the Dictator.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

Millions In US Tax Dollars Likely Funding Sex Work Overseas, Watchdog Finds

(Worthy Insights) – Hundreds of millions in federal taxpayer dollars have been given to organizations around the world that likely facilitate prostitution and the sex industry, a watchdog group has found.

Through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, the U.S. government has doled out roughly $385 million to foreign organizations suspected of violating U.S. policy on sex work and prostitution advocacy, according to a complaint filed by the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) and obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. In addition to the grants that have already been spent, CASA uncovered another $480 million in obligated funds to the same groups.

CASA is calling on the State Department’s Office of Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive audit of the PEPFAR program. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Epstein’s lawyer says there was no client list — and sets record straight on Trump: Nothing ‘improper or even questionable’

(Worthy Insights) – Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer has claimed the convicted sex offender never created a “client list,” and said there was no suggestion that President Trump had done “anything improper or even questionable.”

In an opinion piece written for the Wall Street Journal, famed attorney Alan Dershowitz said he knows “the facts” and wanted to make “several important things clear” amid a political firestorm over FBI files related to the late, disgraced financier.

“Epstein never created a ‘client list.’ The FBI interviewed alleged victims who named several ‘clients.’ These names have been redacted,” Dershowitz wrote. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Ancient Christian settlement unearthed in Jordan, illuminating Middle East’s religious past

(Worthy Insights) – A team of archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the long-forgotten Byzantine settlement of Tharais, offering significant new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East.

The findings, led by Musallam R. Al-Rawahneh, an associate professor of archaeology at Mutah University in Jordan, were published in Gephyra, a journal dedicated to the ancient history and cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, in May.

Rawahneh’s discovery was guided by the Madaba Map, an ancient mosaic that has long intrigued historians. He pinpointed the site near the Jordanian village of El-Irāq, in an area known as Ain Al-Qala’a. Although the settlement had been lost to obscurity for centuries, the archaeologist noted its strategic location along ancient trade routes leading to the southeastern Dead Sea region. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Shiloh excavators zero in on gate they say could match the Ark-capture scene

(Worthy Insights) – The 2025 field report released by the Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) on June 2 describes how the dig has shifted its focus to a breached gateway along Tel Shiloh’s city wall. Project director Scott Stripling and ABR president Scott Lanser write that the structure is “the continuing excavation work at the Shiloh Gate Complex, where the priest and judge Eli died,” explicitly linking the stones to the biblical passage in which a messenger announces that the Philistines have captured the Ark and Eli falls dead at the news.

According to the same update, the team is removing collapsed mud-brick debris to expose what they believe was a multi-chambered gate controlling entry to Shiloh’s cultic centre. If the hypothesis holds, the gateway would mirror gate plans previously uncovered at Megiddo and Hazor and offer a physical setting for the Ark narrative. Photogrammetric models and soil micromorphology samples collected this season will undergo laboratory analysis before the results are submitted for peer-review, the researchers add.

Shiloh served as Israel’s religious hub for about three centuries, making any gate from that horizon a critical waypoint for visitors bringing sacrifices to the tabernacle. Earlier ABR seasons identified dense animal-bone deposits and cultic vessels nearby, but the 2025 campaign marks the first time the gate itself has been the prime target. While the researchers stress that definitive proof is still pending, they argue that the gate’s location and construction date strengthen the case that it is “the very place” where the Ark episode unfolded. [ Source (Read More…) ]

‘God Alone Saved Me’: Trump Reflects on Anniversary of Assassination Attempt, Says God Preserved Him

(Worthy Insights) – President Donald Trump is reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the day a failed assassin attempted to end his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, saying he is confident it was God who saved him for a “righteous purpose.”

“It remains my firm conviction that God alone saved me that day for a righteous purpose: to restore our beloved Republic to greatness and to rescue our Nation from those who seek its ruin,” the president wrote in a lengthy statement posted to the White House website.

Trump, 79, said the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, “came within a quarter inch of ending my life and silencing our movement to restore American greatness” but credited “the hand of providence and the grace of Almighty God” for his life being spared. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Victory Christian Center leads 700 inmates in worship, baptism during unprecedented prison outreach

(Worthy Insights) – More than 700 inmates and prison staff gathered last week at the John H. Lilley Correctional Center in Boley, Oklahoma, for an outreach event led by Victory Christian Center, one of Tulsa’s largest churches.

Organized by Pastor Paul Daugherty and a team of 32 volunteers, the outreach included worship, preaching, baptisms, and the distribution of hot meals, Bibles and Christian books. According to the church, 41 individuals were baptized and more than 400 men made professions of faith.

“Today was a blessing beyond words,” the church shared on Instagram following the event. “We were welcomed into an Oklahoma men’s prison to share the hope of Jesus! God moved powerfully through salvations, baptisms, and life-changing moments of connection. His LOVE truly knows no walls or limits.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

Florida Pastor, Father of Five Deported After Two Decades in the US

(Worthy Insights) – A preacher who led a small Hispanic church in Florida has been deported to Guatemala after two decades on American soil. The 42-year-old immigrant is married with five children.

Maurilio Ambrocio pastored the 50 members of Iglesia de Santidad Vida Nueva in Wimauma. He told the Tampa Bay Times he was one of the 100 Guatemalan immigrants deported from New Orleans through a charter flight after he was arrested in mid-April during a routine check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Tampa.

Ambrocio, who entered the U.S. illegally after fleeing his home in Guatemala when he was just 15 years old, lived in Florida for more than 20 years. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Trump Cabinet Prays for Texas as Rescuers Race to Find 160 Missing Flood Victims

(Worthy Insights) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shared a staggering new number on Tuesday evening, revealing that more than 160 people are still missing after the state’s catastrophic floods. At least 110 people are now known to have been killed by the disaster.

In the White House Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, top leaders in the Trump administration bowed to pray for the victims in Texas.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted the clip saying, “Before the press were brought into the room, @SecretaryTurner led the President, Vice President, and entire Cabinet in a spontaneous and powerful prayer for the people of Texas. This was a truly beautiful moment.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

Karoline Leavitt’s Response to Peter Doocy’s Epstein Client List Question Doesn’t Go Over Well

(Worthy Insights) – Some conservatives are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign after indicating earlier this year that she had the so-called “Epstein List” on her desk.

However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that Bondi did not literally mean what she said.

Axios reported Sunday that a Department of Justice and FBI memorandum recently revealed there was “no incriminating ‘client list.’” [ Source (Read More…) ]

US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries ‘injustice’

(Worthy Insights) – The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a foreign terrorist organization, seven months after the group overthrew Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus, drawing concern from a Christian advoacy group.

The revocation, effective Tuesday, marks a significant shift in U.S. policy toward the formerly Al-Qaeda-linked group.

The U.S. Department of State announced the revocation of the Foreign Terrorist Organization label under the Immigration and Nationality Act, citing the “momentum” created by President Donald Trump’s June 30 Executive Order that lifted sanctions on Syria and praised the “positive actions” of the new government. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Christian Camp Director Hailed as Hero for ‘Last Act of Kindness and Sacrifice’ by Saving Girl

(Worthy Insights) – As the search continues for the dozens of people still missing in central Texas after devastating floods pounded the region, the director of Camp Mystic is being hailed as a hero for giving his life as he attempted to save others.

As of Monday morning, 81 people are dead and 41 are still unaccounted for statewide after heavy rain lashed Texas, unleashing one of the deadliest floods in the United States in the past 100 years.

The greatest number of fatalities occurred in Kerr County, where 68 people are believed to have died, including 28 children, officials report. [ Source (Read More…) ]