Good day and welcome to the Daily Article podcast from Denison Forum.

I am narrator, Chris Elkins, giving voice to today's daily article written by co-founder Dr. Jim

Denison.

Charlie Kirk would have turned 32 years old today.

Instead, his life and death will be remembered this evening when President

Trump posthumously awards him the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of

Freedom. Charlie's widow, Erica, will join the president for the ceremony in the East

Room of the White House. As I heard a commentator say, Charlie died for what he believed in,

but he's being honored for what he did. And God continues to work in response to his tragic death

in remarkable ways. For example, the former Navy SEAL and number one New York Times best-selling

author Jack Carr said that Charlie's assassination is prompting him and

his family to return to church and to, quote, make some changes in their lives. However, despite

tonight's honor and remarkable spiritual responses to Charlie's death, the fact remains that his

widow is a widow raising their children without their father,

and the world will miss all Charlie could have done in the decades he would have lived.

In other news, Israelis continue to rejoice in the return of their hostages.

More than 500,000 Palestinians have returned to Gaza City and aid to Gaza is significantly increasing.

However, challenges remain. Hamas is reportedly attempting to reassert control in Gaza and punishing

those it suspects of collaborating with Israel. Its jihadist ideology remains prevalent in the region.

And geopolitical expert Richard Haas warns, quote,

Hamas has not accepted that it must disarm, and even if it did, there is no way to monitor

or verify the handing over of its weapons.

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