President Trump warned the Nigerian government that he’d impose sanctions and take military action if it didn’t do more to protect persecuted Christians there. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts believes Christians are encouraged by the president’s tough stance. However, he contends that more needs to be done to help Nigerian Christians and other Nigerian victims of attacks from Islamic terrorists. Historic Oval Office Meeting - Religious Minorities Betrayed? President Trump warmly welcomed former Al-Qaeda member, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, to the Oval Office. While Syrian Christian analyst and Yale student Hekmat Aboukhater praises the president for lifting sanctions on Syria, he feels the United States is failing to give "any consideration of the horrors that have been happening for the last eleven months since this guy took power in Syria." Aboukhater suggests the country's religious minorities feel betrayed by Trump. He argues they are not seeing any push-back or strings attached to al-Sharaa's support and help from the USA. NYC, Michigan, Texas. Political Islam Rising. Emboldened by Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory, Islamists are looking to spread their influence in the USA. Are fears about Shariah law and legislative actions banning it in Texas and other states an overreaction, even Islamophobic? Youth, religion, and culture expert Dr. Alex McFarland contends, “There’s a real concern about the encroachment of Islam and really the infiltration of Islamists into American government.” He contends it isn’t Islamophobia or bias, it’s realism. 50 Years since the “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” 29 mariners perished on the night of November 10th, 1975, when the gales of November came early to Lake Superior. In this week’s commentary, Gary Lane takes us on a journey back to that tragic evening and explains why we need to remember.