09-14-2012

Former USAID contractor Alan Gross is still wasting away in a Cuban prison cell. The Castro brothers have held him there for nearly three years.

Now, there's a ray of hope that this Jewish American may be allowed to return home to his wife and two daughters.

Senior Cuba diplomat Josefina Vidal says her government is willing to negotiate his release. She's waiting for a response from President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

09-14-2012

As Election Day draws near, everything from nation's economic woes to hot button social issues like gay marriage and abortion have taken center stage.

But members of the Christian community, like singer, songwriter and worship leader John Waller, suggest the nation would be better served if the Church put its hope in God rather than a political party.

09-14-2012

You've probably heard that many of us are one paycheck away from being homeless. There is some truth to that, but there are several causes of homelessness.

09-14-2012

Watch this week's edition of The Brody File show below.

CBN News takes a look at how Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is mentioning God on the campaign trail.

Also, watch for our one-on-one interview with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She talks about a variety of issues from the current election to faith and politics.

Plus, one of Romney's sons talks to CBN News about some personal family details. And we look at the struggle to find diversity inside the GOP.

09-14-2012

As the Muslim Brotherhood tightens its grip on Egypt and helps fan the flames of anti-Americanism across the Middle East this week, Western governments are scrambling to get a handle on this powerful group.

Tariq Ramadan maintains he can help them do that—but his track record suggests he may have a much different motive.

Ramadan's grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood. His father, Said Ramadan, helped lead the movement in Europe.

Political debate
09-13-2012

When you don't agree, attack? This is not political discourse. This is mean-spirited.

09-13-2012

Mitt Romney is getting some support from evangelical leaders.

Read below from the Religion News Service.

More than two dozen Christian conservatives are trying to put theological debates about presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormonism to rest by focusing on the policies outlined in the GOP's new national platform.

09-13-2012

So let me see if I have this straight. We have Muslim terrorists storming our embassies, killing Americans, burning the American flag and flying the al-Qaeda flag in its place and the media is focused intently on the protocol of Mitt Romney’s comments about the situation in the Middle East?

The outrage from the media (including some Democrats and Republicans) is about political etiquette? Really? Wow. Now all of a sudden the media is the protocol police.

09-13-2012

While I believe actors should mainly stick to acting, their celebrity status may often help bring attention to crucial humanitarian matters of our time.

Actress Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights and Refugees (UNHCR), recently joined agency chief Antonio Gueterres on a visit with Syrian refugee in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

09-12-2012

The image of the lifeless body of American ambassador Chris Stevens in the streets of Benghazi, Libya, should become the new logo of the so-called “Arab Spring;” a multi-state political disaster that Stevens' bosses in the White House have bankrolled and encouraged. The Arab Spring is taking nations in the Middle East into a new dark age of Islamic tyranny that I expect will end in war with Israel.

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