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EPISODE · Jan 15, 2026 · 54 MIN

Casey Harper, Tim Walberg, Jonathan Hessen, Travis Weber, Suzanne Bowdey

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On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, reports on President Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, a Senate hearing on the amount of time children spend looking at video and mobile screens, and the U.N. Security Council’s meeting on Iran. Tim Walberg, U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 5th District, weighs in on the protests in Minnesota, President Trump’s threat to remove federal funding for sanctuary cities, and the role of a federal response to domestic unrest. Jonathan Hessen, Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, delves into the growing protests in Iran as well as the ongoing violence and Christian persecution in Syria. Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs, and Suzanne Bowdey, Editorial Director and Senior Writer at The Washington Stand, discuss the Senate hearing on children’s screen time, the status of the annual appropriations bills in Congress, and growing concerns over the Chinese Communist Party’s influence over Chinese nationals now living in Kazakhstan.

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