Synopsis: The news of the day and how it affects you as a Christian. It’s the Friday News Round-Up and Comment broadcast. Here’s a sample of what host Jim Schneider presented for listeners:
• Tulsi Gabbard has resigned from her post as Director of National Intelligence. She explained she is leaving this position in order to support her husband who has a rare form of bone cancer.
• A New Jersey Shore town is calling in an impressive show of force in preparation for Memorial Day Weekend following a surge of viral teen takeovers, pop-up parties and a past of chaos.
• Iran is reportedly still reviewing the latest peace proposal from the U.S.
• Iran’s parliament reportedly is considering a bill calling for the assassination of both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counter-intelligence agent accused of providing national defense information to Iran.
• Iran has been caught teaching children how to use AK47 rifles, just as its Ayatollah declared jihad in a series of ominous social media posts.
• The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Tuesday targeting businesses, vessels, and financial networks accused of helping Iran move billions of dollars through oil sales, foreign currency exchanges and covert shipping operations despite existing U.S. sanctions.
• The Senate voted to advance a war powers resolution Tuesday aimed at halting U.S. hostilities against Iran.
• U.S. officials suspect that Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces now control roughly 60% of the Gaza Strip.
• Israel has said it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing and one of the key planners of the October 7th, 2023 attacks that sparked war in Gaza.
• The U.S. announced last Friday evening that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended for another 45 days, even as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continues along Israel’s volatile northern border.
• Pakistan has deployed about 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a confidential mutual defense pact.
• Nearly 100 people, many of them children and teachers, were abducted in two separate attacks in Nigeria last weekend, intensifying fears over ongoing jihadist violence and growing insecurity across the nation.
• Elon Musk comments on self driving cars, their rise in popularity, and his brain chip company where he uses the phrase: “Jesus level miracles.”
• Tulsi Gabbard has resigned from her post as Director of National Intelligence. She explained she is leaving this position in order to support her husband who has a rare form of bone cancer.
• A New Jersey Shore town is calling in an impressive show of force in preparation for Memorial Day Weekend following a surge of viral teen takeovers, pop-up parties and a past of chaos.
• Iran is reportedly still reviewing the latest peace proposal from the U.S.
• Iran’s parliament reportedly is considering a bill calling for the assassination of both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counter-intelligence agent accused of providing national defense information to Iran.
• Iran has been caught teaching children how to use AK47 rifles, just as its Ayatollah declared jihad in a series of ominous social media posts.
• The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Tuesday targeting businesses, vessels, and financial networks accused of helping Iran move billions of dollars through oil sales, foreign currency exchanges and covert shipping operations despite existing U.S. sanctions.
• The Senate voted to advance a war powers resolution Tuesday aimed at halting U.S. hostilities against Iran.
• U.S. officials suspect that Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces now control roughly 60% of the Gaza Strip.
• Israel has said it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing and one of the key planners of the October 7th, 2023 attacks that sparked war in Gaza.
• The U.S. announced last Friday evening that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended for another 45 days, even as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continues along Israel’s volatile northern border.
• Pakistan has deployed about 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a confidential mutual defense pact.
• Nearly 100 people, many of them children and teachers, were abducted in two separate attacks in Nigeria last weekend, intensifying fears over ongoing jihadist violence and growing insecurity across the nation.
• Elon Musk comments on self driving cars, their rise in popularity, and his brain chip company where he uses the phrase: “Jesus level miracles.”
NTEB Prophecy News Podcast
Trump’s America First Agenda Has Now Become State-Directed Capitalism As Washington Takes Equity Stakes In Major Corporations
Host And Founder Of ‘Now The End Begins’ Geoffrey Grider:
Washington Is Becoming Shareholder, Regulator, Banker And Broker Under Trump As State-Directed Capitalism Replaces The Free Market Economy With Government Control
Back in 2010, author Ian Bremmer warned “We are no longer in a global, free-market economy. There are now two systems out there. There is a free-market system, largely in the developed world. There is a state-directed capitalist system in China, Russia and the Persian Gulf. The systems are mutually incompatible. When your principal actors are multinational corporations in the private sector and they rely for their growth on unfettered access to global markets, and state capitalist systems don’t do that, you are going to have a problem. And we are just at the beginning of that problem.” Here in 2026, that is starting to look like a prophecy that is now being fulfilled under Donald Trump with the rise of state-directed capitalism, the antithesis of America First. That warning shot to Trump’s ear back in 2024 at the rally in Butler, PA, is now paying big dividends for the Deep State.
16 years ago Ian Bremmer warned that the world was no longer operating under one global free-market system. He said there were now two systems: the free-market system of the United States and other western nations, and the state-capitalist system of China, Russia, and the Persian Gulf. Sixteen years later, under Trump, America is not merely confronting that system, Washington is busy adopting it. Government equity stakes, national-security industrial policy, strategic corporate ownership, and taxpayer-backed national champions are exactly the mechanics of state-directed capitalism. The latest reports say the Trump administration is moving beyond traditional grants, loans, and tax credits and is now taking direct equity stakes in strategic companies. Today’s reporting says the Commerce Department is backing a roughly $2 billion quantum-computing initiative involving equity stakes or minority-investment arrangements across companies including IBM, Intel, US Steel, GlobalFoundries, Quantinuum, PsiQuantum, Atom Computing, Rigetti, D-Wave, Infleqtion, and Diraq.
State-directed capitalism is ripped straight out of the Council on Foreign Relations playbook going back as far as 2016 when Trump first became president. The global economic model is shifting under our feet. The same state-capitalist machinery once associated with China and Russia is now being repackaged in America with patriotic language and labeled as ‘America First’. This is where we are on Day 2,258 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve!
Washington Is Becoming Shareholder, Regulator, Banker And Broker Under Trump As State-Directed Capitalism Replaces The Free Market Economy With Government Control
Back in 2010, author Ian Bremmer warned “We are no longer in a global, free-market economy. There are now two systems out there. There is a free-market system, largely in the developed world. There is a state-directed capitalist system in China, Russia and the Persian Gulf. The systems are mutually incompatible. When your principal actors are multinational corporations in the private sector and they rely for their growth on unfettered access to global markets, and state capitalist systems don’t do that, you are going to have a problem. And we are just at the beginning of that problem.” Here in 2026, that is starting to look like a prophecy that is now being fulfilled under Donald Trump with the rise of state-directed capitalism, the antithesis of America First. That warning shot to Trump’s ear back in 2024 at the rally in Butler, PA, is now paying big dividends for the Deep State.
“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Luke 4:5-7 (KJV)
16 years ago Ian Bremmer warned that the world was no longer operating under one global free-market system. He said there were now two systems: the free-market system of the United States and other western nations, and the state-capitalist system of China, Russia, and the Persian Gulf. Sixteen years later, under Trump, America is not merely confronting that system, Washington is busy adopting it. Government equity stakes, national-security industrial policy, strategic corporate ownership, and taxpayer-backed national champions are exactly the mechanics of state-directed capitalism. The latest reports say the Trump administration is moving beyond traditional grants, loans, and tax credits and is now taking direct equity stakes in strategic companies. Today’s reporting says the Commerce Department is backing a roughly $2 billion quantum-computing initiative involving equity stakes or minority-investment arrangements across companies including IBM, Intel, US Steel, GlobalFoundries, Quantinuum, PsiQuantum, Atom Computing, Rigetti, D-Wave, Infleqtion, and Diraq.
State-directed capitalism is ripped straight out of the Council on Foreign Relations playbook going back as far as 2016 when Trump first became president. The global economic model is shifting under our feet. The same state-capitalist machinery once associated with China and Russia is now being repackaged in America with patriotic language and labeled as ‘America First’. This is where we are on Day 2,258 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve!
Harbinger’s Daily
By Steve Herzig: Among the many things God cares about, three stand out: Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple.
During my Hebrew-school days, I learned about these things in multiple ways. From the Jewish Scriptures, I learned God set Jerusalem in the midst of the nations (Ezek. 5:5). From the Midrash (rabbinic commentary), I read that this world is like an eyeball: The white of the eye is the world; the iris is Jerusalem; and the pupil is the Holy Temple.
I learned that when Jews pray, we face Jerusalem—unless we are in Jerusalem; then we pray toward the Temple. I learned that we always conclude the Passover seder meal by chanting in unison, “Next year in Jerusalem!”
At the conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony, the bridegroom breaks a glass. Some say it is a sign of mourning to commemorate the destruction of the Temple that once stood atop Mount Moriah. Afterward, the bridegroom recites Psalm 137:5–6: “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.”
From the holy writings to the traditions, the Jewish connection to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple is everywhere, extending back 3,000 years. Such history would seem enough to settle what is today an extremely controversial question: Was there a Jewish presence in Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount before the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque were built there? But apparently, it isn’t.
The United Nations and imam of Jerusalem both claim there was no Jewish presence. In fact, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) denies all Jewish connections to Jerusalem. The grand mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, who oversees the Temple Mount, claims no Jewish Temple even stood there.
During my Hebrew-school days, I learned about these things in multiple ways. From the Jewish Scriptures, I learned God set Jerusalem in the midst of the nations (Ezek. 5:5). From the Midrash (rabbinic commentary), I read that this world is like an eyeball: The white of the eye is the world; the iris is Jerusalem; and the pupil is the Holy Temple.
I learned that when Jews pray, we face Jerusalem—unless we are in Jerusalem; then we pray toward the Temple. I learned that we always conclude the Passover seder meal by chanting in unison, “Next year in Jerusalem!”
At the conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony, the bridegroom breaks a glass. Some say it is a sign of mourning to commemorate the destruction of the Temple that once stood atop Mount Moriah. Afterward, the bridegroom recites Psalm 137:5–6: “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.”
From the holy writings to the traditions, the Jewish connection to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple is everywhere, extending back 3,000 years. Such history would seem enough to settle what is today an extremely controversial question: Was there a Jewish presence in Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount before the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque were built there? But apparently, it isn’t.
The United Nations and imam of Jerusalem both claim there was no Jewish presence. In fact, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) denies all Jewish connections to Jerusalem. The grand mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, who oversees the Temple Mount, claims no Jewish Temple even stood there.
End Of The American Dream
By Michael Snyder: It just keeps happening over and over again. False rumors about a peace deal between the United States and Iran start circulating, and a lot of people out there just keep falling for it. How many times is this going to play out? Look, the reality of the matter is that Iran is only going to make a deal if President Trump basically surrenders and gives the Iranians everything on their completely absurd wishlist. If that doesn’t happen, there simply isn’t going to be a deal. The Iranians and the Trump administration are not even in the same universe when it comes to the nuclear issues, and as I discussed in my last article, the fact that the Iranians intend to make the status quo in the Strait of Hormuz permanent is completely and utterly unacceptable to U.S. officials. Those that keep expecting some sort of a “breakthrough” are going to be disappointed every single time.
On Thursday, so many sources were reporting that a “final draft” of a peace agreement had been agreed to and that a formal announcement was imminent.
But it was completely fake news, and it was soon exposed as completely fake news.
The Iranians have not moved from their core negotiating positions and they aren’t going to move.
At this point, the Iranians are telling us that negotiations are in a “permanent deadlock” and that they have “no desire to even continue negotiations.”
On Thursday, so many sources were reporting that a “final draft” of a peace agreement had been agreed to and that a formal announcement was imminent.
But it was completely fake news, and it was soon exposed as completely fake news.
The Iranians have not moved from their core negotiating positions and they aren’t going to move.
At this point, the Iranians are telling us that negotiations are in a “permanent deadlock” and that they have “no desire to even continue negotiations.”
Prophecy News Watch
By PNW Staff: The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked legitimate fears about cyberwarfare, mass surveillance, deepfakes, economic disruption, and even autonomous weapons. In response, a growing number of world leaders, tech executives, and international organizations are now calling for a centralized global body to regulate AI development. On the surface, it sounds responsible. After all, who wouldn't want safeguards against dangerous technology?
But beneath the polished language about "global cooperation" and "shared standards" lies something far larger: another accelerating step toward global governance, where unelected international bodies gain increasing authority over nations, economies, speech, and eventually human behavior itself.
This week, OpenAI openly backed the creation of a U.S.-led global AI governance organization that would include communist China as a member. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's vice president of global affairs, suggested the body could function similarly to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which establishes international standards around nuclear energy.
The proposal is being framed as a way to create "safer" and "more resilient" AI systems worldwide. Yet history teaches that international institutions rarely remain neutral guardians of freedom. Instead, they often become political tools shaped by ideological pressure, global elites, and shifting cultural agendas.
Americans have already watched this happen repeatedly with the United Nations itself.
But beneath the polished language about "global cooperation" and "shared standards" lies something far larger: another accelerating step toward global governance, where unelected international bodies gain increasing authority over nations, economies, speech, and eventually human behavior itself.
This week, OpenAI openly backed the creation of a U.S.-led global AI governance organization that would include communist China as a member. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's vice president of global affairs, suggested the body could function similarly to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which establishes international standards around nuclear energy.
The proposal is being framed as a way to create "safer" and "more resilient" AI systems worldwide. Yet history teaches that international institutions rarely remain neutral guardians of freedom. Instead, they often become political tools shaped by ideological pressure, global elites, and shifting cultural agendas.
Americans have already watched this happen repeatedly with the United Nations itself.
American Thinker
By Jeffrey Folks: On April 3, a 51-year-old woman was murdered by a man wielding a hammer as she exited a Chevron gas station in Ft. Myers, Florida. The attack was captured on video, and from the video, it appears that the woman didn’t realize until the last second what was happening. It was too unexpected. The victim had undoubtedly exited that gas station, where she reportedly worked as a clerk, dozens if not hundreds of times before and felt secure. In the video, she shows no sign of apprehension, but as long as anyone like her killer is at large in America, none of us is completely safe from this kind of unexpected attack.
The hammer murder was so vicious that it captured the attention of President Trump, who condemned it on Truth Social. A murder of this kind — of a totally innocent and unsuspecting middle-aged woman by a strong young man in the most brutal fashion and in broad daylight — is extreme, but not entirely uncommon. It actually epitomizes what has come about in America today, since most murders are carried out by directionless young men, often by illegals and often for no reason (can there be a “reason”?) other than wanting to kill.
The president’s posting, which included “an extremely graphic video — not for children,” identified the accused as 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin, an illegal alien from Haiti who had been released by Joe Biden under the much abused “Temporary Protective Status” program. Trump stated that liberal judges have been blocking the deportation of persons like Joachin, despite the president’s repeated efforts to end the TPS program and deport them. Trump’s DHS assisted the Ft. Myers police in tracking down and arresting the accused. In his statements regarding this killing as in so much else concerning illegal aliens, the president was totally correct.
The hammer murder was so vicious that it captured the attention of President Trump, who condemned it on Truth Social. A murder of this kind — of a totally innocent and unsuspecting middle-aged woman by a strong young man in the most brutal fashion and in broad daylight — is extreme, but not entirely uncommon. It actually epitomizes what has come about in America today, since most murders are carried out by directionless young men, often by illegals and often for no reason (can there be a “reason”?) other than wanting to kill.
The president’s posting, which included “an extremely graphic video — not for children,” identified the accused as 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin, an illegal alien from Haiti who had been released by Joe Biden under the much abused “Temporary Protective Status” program. Trump stated that liberal judges have been blocking the deportation of persons like Joachin, despite the president’s repeated efforts to end the TPS program and deport them. Trump’s DHS assisted the Ft. Myers police in tracking down and arresting the accused. In his statements regarding this killing as in so much else concerning illegal aliens, the president was totally correct.
The Final Hour
Biblical Truth
Becoming Hate Speech?
Becoming Hate Speech?
Synopsis: Is tolerance becoming the world’s new religion? In this episode of The Final Hour, Pastor David breaks down how biblical truth is increasingly being labeled as hate speech, how interfaith unity is being pushed across culture, and why Christians must stay grounded in Scripture instead of compromising doctrine for acceptance.
From the rise of religious tolerance movements to the pressure against saying Jesus is the only way, this message exposes how today’s culture is moving toward unity without truth — and why believers need discernment now more than ever..
From the rise of religious tolerance movements to the pressure against saying Jesus is the only way, this message exposes how today’s culture is moving toward unity without truth — and why believers need discernment now more than ever..
The Watchman News Cast
Tommy Robinson On UK Islam Crisis & Why Britain Refuses To Confront Iran
Erick Stakelbeck: Tommy Robinson warns Britain is at a breaking point, mass Islamic migration, grooming gang cover-ups spanning 40 years, and woke governance are erasing a nation. He exposes the scale of the crisis and calls the West to wake up now.
Paul McGuire
Concealing Critical Intelligence With Psyops
About: Join Internationally Recognized Prophecy Expert, Minister, Speaker and Author, Paul McGuire as he analyzes current events through the lens of Bible Prophecy.
Athey Creek | Brett Meador
Eye On Israel
Synopsis: From professional propaganda to podcasters to people on the street, there is no shortage of voices speaking about Israel – but only one source truly matters. In our May 2026 Prophecy Update, we turn our attention to Israel, focusing on what the Bible says about the nation and Jerusalem, how their histories have already fulfilled prophecy, how recent events are setting the stage for what’s to come, and what we can expect as End Times prophecies continue to unfold.