WORLDNETDAILY — Something is going on with the new Clint Eastwood movie about an attempted terrorist attack on a train, "The 15:17 to Paris," that doesn't sound like Hollywood. How often do the main actors play themselves? And how often do those actors spend a morning in church, getting prayed over?... (more)

ALAN KEYES — Talk is cheap. People are unlikely to believe this old taunt if they have ever experienced a regime of totalitarian repression, where "free speech" is a criminal offense, or ever looked into the lives of people like Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, or the myriads of Christians severely persecuted or killed for bearing true witness to Christ in areas where Islamist practitioners of violent jihad deploy terror to repress such evangelization. In such circumstances, talk, in spoken or written form, may cost people their livelihood and their lives, not to mention the mental anguish of relentless fear.... (more)

POLITICO — In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Democrats voted to reopen the government on Monday after receiving a commitment from Republicans to hold a vote on immigration legislation -- paving the way to end the three-day shutdown.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Radio host Rush Limbaugh says there is a simple reason why a short-lived government shutdown ended Monday: President Trump "went on offense." The man behind "the golden EIB microphone" told listeners this week that Democrats were so caught off guard by "Schumer Shutdown" attacks that they did a political U-turn after three days. Mr. Limbaugh said the Republicans' refusal to negotiate on Saturday, coupled with rhetorical broadsides against Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, constituted a political masterstroke.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Democrats in the House and Senate thought they would play the old government-shutdown card that has worked for them every time it has been played since 1995 when Republicans were blamed. But 2018 is different. It is backfiring. It's no longer Republicans starving children and forcing old people to eat dog food. This time, Democrats are being blamed for refusing to fund the U.S. military as a means of aiding illegal alien... (more)

JEFF SESSIONS — For decades, the American people have been begging and pleading with our elected officials for an immigration system that is lawful and that serves our national interest. That's not just because immigration is an economic issue. It's also because it's a matter of public safety and national security. If we can't control -- or even know -- who enters this country, it's much harder to keep people safe.... (more)

BYRON YORK — Investigators in both House and Senate were stunned late Friday when, receiving a batch of newly-released texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, they also received notice from the bureau that the FBI "failed to preserve" Strzok-Page messages from December 14, 2016 through May 17, 2017.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The head of Russian television channel RT says the Kremlin-funded outlet is already suffering the consequences of having to register as a foreign agent in the U.S. amid allegations that it participated in attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election.... (more)

CBS CHICAGO — The Russian government is reportedly developing a city-killing torpedo, called Kanyon, that would allegedly leave a country's coastline uninhabitable for decades. The terrifying news, which sounds more likely to come from a "James Bond" film, was actually leaked from the Pentagon's report on nuclear weapons posturing.... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — In early January, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) overturned a longstanding policy that forbade churches from getting federal disaster relief money. The rule change by the Trump administration affected any houses of worship that were damaged on or after August 23, just before Hurricane Harvey devastated large areas of Texas and especially the Houston area. It was a welcome relief also to congregations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the path of Hurricane Irma, and to church communities in Puerto Rico that endured Hurricane Maria.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — The Trump administration has worked virtually nonstop since the inauguration to unwind and withdraw some of the environmental campaigns launched by Barack Obama, and on Monday the Supreme Court joined in.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Colin Kaepernick entered the home stretch of his Million Dollar Pledge last week with a donation to one of Democratic moneyman George Soros's favorite left-wing resistance groups. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback announced Thursday that his foundation would give $10,000 to the Advancement Project as part of his commitment to donate $1 million to organizations "working in oppressed communities."... (more)

LINDA GOUDSMIT — "Don't tell your mother." Parents teach their children to recognize these words to warn them of stranger danger. Exposure is the predator's enemy. "Don't tell your mother" is the victimizer's watchword used to silence his/her victims. So it is in politics.... (more)

BYRON YORK — One of the most vexing problems of the Trump dossier probe has been that much of the evidence involved is classified and thus hidden from public view. House and Senate investigators are tightly constrained from revealing key aspects of the dossier affair. There is, for example, the question of whether the FBI and Justice Department used the unverified allegations in the dossier as evidence to win a secret court warrant to spy on Americans. Members and staff in both House and Senate know the answer. But it is classified, and they can't talk.... (more)

FOX NEWS — One year ago this weekend, liberal women flowed into our nation's capital and other cities across America for a march to protest the inauguration of President Trump. And on Saturday, women and some male supporters again gathered in Washington and hundreds of cities to protest against the president and in support of protection for illegal immigrants and other liberal causes.... (more)

WESLEY PRUDEN — A few Ping-Pong balls broke the Cold War ice around China a generation ago, following Richard Nixon's stunning trip to Beijing (when it was still called Peiping), and soon the United States and China were on their way to normal diplomatic relations.... (more)

NBC NEWS — NBC News' Lester Holt is in North Korea filing exclusive reports for NBC News and MSNBC through Monday. On Tuesday, January 23, he will anchor "NBC Nightly News" live from Seoul, South Korea.... (more)

CONSERVATIVE TRIBUNE — Kim Jong Un is about to come face to face with yet more American naval power in the Pacific, and the latest addition sent by the Trump administration could rain down "silent death" on his North Korean regime. According to Stars and Stripes, the USS Wasp -- an amphibious assault ship with stealth attack capabilities -- has been deployed to Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, joining the 7th Fleet's show of force against Pyongyang. The ship will be replacing the USS Bonhomme Richard as the flagship of Task Force 76.... (more)

THE TELEGRAPH — Adulthood does not begin until 24, scientists have concluded because young people are continuing their education for longer and delaying marriage and parenthood.... (more)

SUSAN FERRECHIO — The federal government appeared to be headed toward a partial shutdown late Friday after most Senate Democrats and a few Republicans voted to block a bill that would have authorized funding for another four weeks.... (more)

THE HILL — At the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, President Trump became the first sitting president to address the anti-abortion rally via a live video. Trump addressed the rally from the Rose Garden. In 2015, Vice President Mike Pence and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway attended March for Life and spoke.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The national director of Priests For Life hailed Friday's "March For Life" on the National Mall -- and President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for their help in making America "a nation of life."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan told Newsmax TV Friday that President Donald Trump has "done an awful lot of things" in his first year -- and a great achievement was "having survived" the fierce attacks in the media and from Democrats and other detractors.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — A top-secret memo that has been released to members of Congress, but still is being withheld from the American public, characterizes Barack Obama as "the vengeful narcissist" and alleges surveillance abuses by his administration that one representative likened to the work of Russia's KGB.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Sen. Lindsey Graham compared Sen. Tom Cotton to Rep. Steve King over his plans for immigration reform. "We're not going to end family immigration for [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program] DACA. The Tom Cotton approach has no viability here," the South Carolina Republican told MSNBC on Friday.... (more)