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(Worthy News) – Hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered in Lorton, Virginia Saturday to hold what they labeled as a Rally Against Abortion Extremism. It comes after a week in which a Democratic bill was defeated in Virginia’s legislature that would have allowed unrestricted abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

Alison Centofante of Live Action said the bill was quite radical, saying “75 percent of Americans reject abortion. They are for limiting abortion to the first trimester if not banning it outright. That includes 60 percent of Democrats.”

Video clips of Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran, who sponsored the bill, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam defending the bill, went viral over the last few days. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Israel says it has started construction of a galvanized steel barrier 20 feet high that will run the length of its frontier border with the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s Defense Ministry issued a statement Sunday, saying it had started construction of an above-ground barrier that complements a subterranean wall aimed at thwarting Hamas attack tunnels beneath the border.

“Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists before the weekly cabinet meeting. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Legislatures from the Bible Belt to the Dakotas are mulling bills that would establish biblical literacy courses in high schools, but some education analysts say classes focusing on the Bible’s cultural and historical relevance already are offered in public schools in those states and elsewhere.

An education official in Indiana said students in the state have been able to study Bible-based literature for some time. Nearly a third of high schools in Iowa offered religious education courses last year, an official there said.

When Kentucky lawmakers overwhelmingly passed state Rep. DJ Johnson’s bill to standardize rules for social studies classes in 2017, some school districts had long been teaching Bible literacy in their high schools. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Pentagon announced on Sunday 3,750 additional U.S. forces will be deployed to the southern border to provide support to Customs and Border Protection.

These additional troops, who according to CNN will be deployed for 90 days, will bring the total number of active duty forces supporting CBP at the border to roughly 4,350. The number of troops being sent to the U.S.-Mexico border is slightly up from the 3,500 figure reported last week.

Last month, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. military’s support mission at the southern border had been extended until September at the urging of the Department of Homeland Security. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 304,000 jobs last month, higher than analysts were expecting.

The number of employed Americans, 156,694,000, was slightly below last month’s record (156,945,000), and the unemployment rate increased a tenth of a point to 4.0 percent.

But the labor force participation rate increased a tenth of a point to 63.2 percent — the highest it’s been on President Trump’s watch. [ Source: CNS News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – With Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience party soaring in the polls after announcing a merger with fellow former chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem faction last week, the newly formed New Right party is now reportedly seeking to form a united bloc of all the major right-wing parties in order to counter a challenge from the center.

Fearing a continued surge for Gantz, Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked’s New Right is actively pursuing a possible merger with the ruling Likud party as well two other current coalition partners, Kulanu and Yisrael Beytenu, according to a report Sunday morning by the Kan public broadcaster.

Likud is currently polling at around 30 seats, with Israel Resilience predicted to snag around 19 seats if elections were held today. But polls held last week showed a further Israel Resilience merger with the centrist Yesh Atid getting around 35 seats, and the bloc could further strengthen if more center-left parties agree to unite. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was ‘an option’ as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC nation’s ally Russia warned against ‘destructive meddling.’

The United States, Canada and several Latin American countries have disavowed Maduro over his disputed re-election last year and recognized self-proclaimed President Juan Guaido as the country’s rightful leader.

Trump said U.S. military intervention was under consideration in an interview with CBS aired on Sunday. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Iran on Saturday said it had successful fired a new long-range cruise missile, amid events marking 40 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The missile, dubbed Hoveyzeh, was described as a high-precision weapon capable of flying at low altitudes and able to carry a significant payload.

“The test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile was carried out successfully at a range of 1,200 kilometers (840 miles) and accurately hit the set target,” Defense Minister Amir Hatami said, quoted on state television which broadcast footage of its launch. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Churches are offering practical and psychological help to people fleeing political and economic turmoil in Venezuela.

Tearfund said its partner churches in Colombia have also been providing food and healthcare to Venezuelans arriving ‘tired and hungry’.

In addition, the churches are helping to take care of their children by finding places for them in schools and local daycare facilities, and providing safe spaces for them to play. [ Source: Christian Today (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The administration of US President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that it has ended security funding and training to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that Ramallah itself had requested that the aid be cut in order to circumvent the jurisdiction of US courts.

The 14-year-old US Security Coordinator (USSC) mission and the $61 million the US provides annually, are perceived to be the cornerstone of an effective PA security service. But a new law passed with bipartisan support titled the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, which came into force on Friday, exposed the PA to lawsuits in American courts from US citizens affected by Palestinian terrorist activity – if the PA continues accepting US financial assistance.

Already in December, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah informed the Trump administration that the Palestinians would no longer accept any US financial assistance, most of which had already been cut off, save for the security funds. PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat repeated that position on Thursday. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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