The World and Everything In It

Today’s news and a brief report on President Obama’s hour-long economic speech arguing for more spending, plus: why Obamacare is making small business sick, Robert George named head of key religious-freedom commission, a report on whether cyber threats are a corporate nuisance or a new Cold War, a look at why a box-office horror hit is being marketed to churchgoing audiences, and more

Today’s news and a preview of the first of President Obama’s series of economic speeches to try to reclaim the policy agenda, plus: a political author and columnist on the GOP’s image problem, a profile of L.A. Dodgers star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, two classic “screwball comedies” in the home-video screening room, and more

Today’s news and a conversation with Ted Cruz, the Texas senator last seen making the rounds in Iowa, plus: the Bush dynasty carries on, Britain’s prime minister cracks down on online pornography, commentary by Cal Thomas, and more

Today’s news and a roundup of political TV talk shows that centered on Obamacare implementation glitches, the House GOP agenda, and rising Republican star Sen. Ted Cruz, plus: a discussion with Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics on the prospects for Republicans to take control of the U.S. Senate, a report on one Detroit neighborhood striving to make the best of life in a depressed city, money-and-markets preview, and more

Today’s news and a report on new hearings, new witnesses, and new evidence suggesting the IRS political targeting scandal was not the work of a rogue office but rather was directed from Washington, plus: Texas Gov. Perry signs into law one of the most protective abortion regulation measures in the country, cultural commentator John Stonestreet says the Zimmerman trial and aftermath shows America is not as far along on issues of race as many thought, and more

Today’s news and a report on a House vote to legalize the president’s delay of the Obamacare employer mandate and to extend the relief to individuals, plus: author Jonathan Last on marriage, property values, and the correlation to voting patterns, critic Megan Basham on the top-two TV hits that dramatize a dystopian future, and more.

Today’s news and expert analysis on Capitol Hill’s nuclear option on the filibuster and presidential nominees, plus: commentator Cal Thomas appreciates the courageous Pakistani teen who stood up to the Taliban, lawyer and educator Jeff Ventrella on the importance of training the next generation in truth, and more

Today’s news and commentary from Cal Thomas on the Zimmerman case, reporters, and race, plus: writer and activist Star Parker on fighting poverty, bestselling author Jon Acuff on cultural lies about vocation, facing career fears, and excellence as faithfulness, and more

Today’s news and an analysis of Obamacare’s failure to launch, plus: commentary from Cal Thomas, a report on the Pennsylvania state attorney general’s decision not to defend the state’s marriage law, a market report from Warren Cole Smith, essayist Albin Sadar on words from sponsors, and more

Today’s news and Culture Friday with John Stonestreet, plus: a visit to the MasterWorks Festival for the training of the next generation of Christian fine artists, and more

Today’s news and a conversation with Jordan Lorence and Fernando Cabrera on the Bronx Household of Faith religious-freedom case, plus: a profile of the husband-and-wife band Matrimony, a 37-year-old computer that sold for almost $400,000, and more

Today’s news and a report on concealed-carry laws, plus: a new alternative to the Boy Scouts, pro-life voices in Texas, and more

Today’s news and an update on Egypt, Syria, and national security leaks with foreign-policy expert Steven Bucci, plus: commentary from Cal Thomas on the problem with democracy in the Arab world, a report on North Carolina’s attempt to strengthen abortion laws, California’s legislation on gender identity and public-school students, and more

Today’s news and a recap of Sunday political TV talk, plus: legal-affairs correspondent Mary Reichard analyzes Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments about the narrow backgrounds of the justices on the court, a report by science and technology correspondent Michael Cochrane, and money and markets with Warren Cole Smith

Today’s news and a Culture Friday visit with John Stonestreet on the clash of worldviews represented by the fight over the HHS birth-control mandate, plus: the 150th anniversary of the battle at Gettysburg, essayist Albin Sadar on our passion for pyrotechnics, and more