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The World and Everything in It: October 26, 2026
An election-law expert remembers parents who escaped Nazism and communism, met in a refugee camp, and taught him to cherish the American ballot. Eight days before the midterms, he explains why the rules of American elections are so bitterly contested. On Moneybeat, David Bahnsen has a one-word answer to who trusts consumer-confidence surveys: “Journalists.” Also: tariff retreat, France’s fiscal straitjacket, and California’s wealth tax. Plus: the Statue of Liberty at 140—and the meanings Americans have given her.
Legal Docket: Where liberty took root
His parents escaped Nazism and communism and met in a refugee camp. In America, they taught their son to cherish the ballot. WORLD’s Mary Reichard interviews election-law expert Hans von Spakovsky.
Monday morning news: October 26, 2026
The news of the day, including President Trump and former president Obama campaign ahead of midterms, Venezuelan opposition leader returns home, flood-stricken U.S. Four Corners region faces further flooding risk, more violent protests and looting in France, and bus crash in Kenya kills 22
Moneybeat: Confidence game
Who relies on consumer-confidence surveys? “Journalists,” says David Bahnsen. For him, what consumers do is more important than what they say.
The hollow icon
WORLD History Book: A French gift celebrating liberty became a symbol of welcome to immigrants. WORLD’s Emma Eicher reports on Lady Liberty at 140.
The World and Everything in It: October 23, 2026
John Stonestreet calls disputed reporting about the late Elisabeth Elliot “flat-out slander” and asks why Christians would traffic in insinuation and innuendo. Two alien-encounter movies have very different ideas about who’s directing events. Plus: a pastor finds leadership lessons in Calvin, Lloyd-Jones, and Ronald Reagan—and explains why character matters as much as words.
Friday morning news: October 23, 2026
The news of the day, including the Justice Department announces charges against Virginia state senator, attorney general answers criticism about timing of federal search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC suit, website operators race to patch critical security flaw, search once again underway for next White House press secretary, and Ukraine and Russia trade attacks
Disrespect for the dead
On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet calls the disputed reporting about Elisabeth Elliot “flat-out slander” and asks why Christians would traffic in insinuation and innuendo. Also: the return of woke ideology and Cornell’s attempt to regulate a campus culture that has rejected sexual restraint.
No mere coincidence
Two alien-encounter films offer very different visions of providence. WORLD’s Steve Limkeman compares Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day with M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs.
What leadership requires
On this month’s Quest, George Grant asks pastor John Currie about three books that shaped his understanding of leadership—and why character must match words.
The World and Everything in It: October 22, 2026
Carmen Agra Deedy tells schoolchildren what she remembers from communist Cuba: first food disappeared, then people. Six in ten young Americans say they’d give socialism a shot. In Idaho, a pastor finds his Kansas abortion fight waiting for him back home. Plus: Christian metal meets the Juggalos, and a runaway tortoise fights the law (spoiler: the law wins).
Thursday morning news: October 22, 2026
The news of the day, including American set free after 4 years behind bars in Russia, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pushes for ceasefire and top-level peace talks, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar posts video message to supporters amid fed investigation, Macron slams Trump and others for linking riots to immigration, and Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit
The fight that followed him
Pastor Brian Neilson thought he’d left the abortion fight behind in Kansas. Back home in Idaho, he finds himself rallying Christians against Prop 1, a ballot measure that would repeal the state’s protections for unborn children. WORLD’s Lauren Canterberry reports.
Your money’s no good here
Former U.S. Ambassador Sam Brownback’s religious-freedom organization lost its bank account. He and ADF attorney Caleb Dalton tell WORLD’s Mary Reichard how banks have used “reputational risk” to turn away customers—and what a new federal report reveals about the practice.
Cuba remembered: Before the myths take hold
Six in ten Americans under 30 say they’d give socialism a shot. But Cuban refugee Carmen Agra Deedy tells schoolchildren what followed the revolution: “Within days food began to disappear. People began to disappear.” WORLD’s Myrna Brown reports.
Kicker: I fought the law
And the law won. Police in Monroe Township, New Jersey, responded to a report of a suspicious character on the loose. The suspect was a large tortoise, and the ensuing foot chase ended in an arrest. The owners eventually took him home.
“Where we wanna go”
Christian alt-metal band Set for the Fall played Insane Clown Posse’s Gathering of the Juggalos. That’s exactly the kind of place the musicians want to play—where Christian bands ordinarily wouldn’t venture. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza reviews their first album in seven years.
We should not be silent
With Election Day just 12 days away, Daniel Darling recalls Carl F. H. Henry’s challenge to Christians who would withdraw from politics. Believers, he argues, should steward their citizenship in a way that honors the Lord.
The World and Everything in It: October 21, 2026
On Washington Wednesday: Democrats are negotiating the terms of power even before Election Day, while Sen. Slotkin wants a “deterrence message” sent to young people considering jobs with Trump. In Israel, voters face their first national election since October 7, with no official inquiry into the security failures. Plus: the painful rise of “no contact” families, smart refrigerators glitch out on their main job, and Janie B. Cheaney considers where we look for healing.
Wednesday morning news: October 21, 2026
The news of the day, including Russian strikes hit Kyiv area as Ukraine’s president asserts Trump administration is withholding support, President Trump announces whistleblower anti-fraud reward program, Rep. Ilhan Omar laying low amid federal investigation, curfews help curb violence in France, WNBA says men cannot play in the women’s league