(Worthy Watch) – Britain’s new National Center for Information Defense is being presented as a shield against foreign disinformation. Critics warn it could become something far more dangerous: a government-run “Ministry of Truth” reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984. When the state gains the power to define truth, who will guard the guardians?

(Worthy Watch) – Argentine President Javier Milei delivers a blistering rebuke of the United Nations, accusing it of shielding dictatorships, singling out Israel and ignoring the persecution of Christians across Africa.

“They have systematically voted against Israel while remaining silent in the face of Islamic terrorism and the genocide of Christians in Africa.”

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

(Worthy Watch) – Fox News investigative editor Asra Nomani examines the organized activist network behind anti-ICE protests in Austin, Texas. Video from the demonstration shows a tense scene beneath a highway overpass, where protesters gathered with Mexican and Palestinian flags as police monitored the unrest.

The discussion raises questions about whether the protest was a spontaneous local reaction or part of a broader, coordinated political movement. Nomani points to the far-left organizations and activist infrastructure that help mobilize demonstrators around immigration enforcement and other national causes.

(Worthy Watch) – A March 2021 clip of CNN’s Brian Stelter is drawing fresh scrutiny after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists from the White House.

In the footage, Stelter asked whether Fox News—described during the segment as increasingly political—should remain in the White House press pool and receive “the privileges that come with news gathering.” Guest David Zurawik went further, arguing that Fox should lose access.

Stelter struck a markedly different tone after the Trump administration deactivated credentials belonging to reporters from the three organizations. He called the action a First Amendment violation and “a direct threat to press freedom.”

The resurfaced exchange has prompted critics to accuse Stelter of applying different standards depending on which outlet faces exclusion. Still, the two situations are not identical: Stelter raised a question about Fox in 2021, while Trump’s administration actually revoked credentials and denied reporters entry in 2026. The affected organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging that decision.

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

(Worthy Watch) – House Speaker Mike Johnson says roughly 700 bills passed by the House are awaiting Senate action. With the House leaving Washington, he argued that further work would be “spinning our wheels” until the Senate moves legislation forward.

Johnson said House members are on 48-hour notice to return if needed. He put the House’s total at roughly 900 bills passed and urged the Senate to take up measures already before it.

Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone that entered Mecca’s airspace. The Saudi-led military coalition said the “attempt to target Mecca with a drone will remain a black mark in the record of Houthi violations,” adding that the holy sites in Mecca and Medina are “a red line.”

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

(Worthy Watch) – A Massachusetts Catholic couple is fighting to regain custody of their 17-year-old daughter after a conflict over gender identity drew the state’s child-welfare system into the family’s home.

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko told Fox News that the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families removed their daughter in December 2024, when she was 15. They contend the dispute began after staff at Algonquin Regional High School started treating the girl as a boy without informing them.

The parents say they objected because of their Catholic faith and their belief that their daughter needed careful psychological care—not encouragement toward a medical transition.

Their account raises a grave question now confronting families across the country: When a child struggles with gender identity, who has the primary responsibility to decide what care serves that child—the parents who have known and loved the child from birth, or government agencies acting under state policy?

For the Kutzkos, the legal arguments are inseparable from a simpler plea: They want their daughter home.

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON (Worthy Watch) – Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said federal officials had thwarted a “real” threat against the United States, stating, “today, we stopped something today,” but he did not disclose its nature, target, or timing.

Speaking during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Mullin cited the undisclosed operation as evidence that serious dangers remain. He praised the men and women working behind the scenes to protect the country and warned that America cannot afford to lower its guard.

Mourners invoke Khaybar and call for Al-Qassam “revenge” after Israel kills senior Hamas commander

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

GAZA STRIP — A funeral for Muhammad Abdul Salam al-Yazouri, commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, erupted in chants threatening Israel and openly declaring that another October 7 attack would come.

According to a translation accompanying video from the funeral, the crowd chanted: “Jews, remember what Mohammad did to you in Khaybar,” “October 7 will come again,” and “Al-Qassam Brigades — revenge, revenge.” The reference to Khaybar invokes the seventh-century defeat of a Jewish community in Arabia, imagery that has long appeared in radical Islamist anti-Jewish rhetoric.

Hamas confirmed Friday that al-Yazouri had been killed in an Israeli strike. Reuters reported that he was a senior figure in Hamas’s military leadership and played an important role in organizing the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

The IDF and Shin Bet said al-Yazouri had also been responsible for advancing dozens of attacks against Israeli troops and was involved in efforts to rebuild Hamas’s military capabilities in Gaza. Two additional Hamas operatives were killed in the same strike, according to the Israeli military.

The funeral chants offered a stark answer to the continuing debate over whether Israel should halt military operations before Hamas is dismantled. Even as international pressure grows for an end to the fighting, voices in the crowd were not calling for reconciliation or coexistence. They were openly invoking October 7 and promising another attack.

For Israel, the message coming from the funeral was difficult to misunderstand: Hamas and its supporters were saying openly what they intend to do if given the opportunity again.

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

NEW YORK (Worthy Watch) – The Twin Towers appeared once again over the New York skyline this week—not in steel and concrete, but in thousands of points of light honoring those who were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A breathtaking aerial installation titled “2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor” sent 2,977 illuminated drones into the night sky Wednesday, with each light representing one of the lives lost on 9/11. As seen in video of the tribute, the drones initially moved like a constellation above the harbor before assembling into the unmistakable outlines of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers at full architectural scale.

The illuminated towers appeared alongside New York’s traditional Tribute in Light, creating a striking scene over Lower Manhattan as America prepared to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. Organizers said the installation was developed with input from 9/11 victims’ families, survivors and first responders and was sponsored through the New York Foundation for the Arts.

For a generation that remembers exactly where it was that September morning—and another generation born afterward—the display offered a powerful reminder that behind the numbers were 2,977 individual lives, families and stories. Twenty-five years later, the message rising above New York remained the same: America remembers. Never forget.

(Worthy Watch) – Democrat Sen. John Fetterman appeared by video at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, September 9, praising fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick and promising to work with President Donald Trump to protect the steel industry.

The brief message put a Democratic senator before a Republican gathering as the parties prepare for November’s congressional elections.

“I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said, rejecting extremism and socialism. He introduced McCormick as “a great American.”

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Worthy Watch) – President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the war with Iran will come to a rapid end once the U.S. midterm elections are over, arguing that Tehran is attempting to prolong the conflict in hopes of influencing the November vote.

“I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas. Trump said Iran was “desperate to try and affect the election” and suggested mounting U.S. economic pressure would eventually force Tehran to relent.

The war has now entered its seventh month amid another sharp escalation in the Persian Gulf. Iran said Wednesday it attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. strikes that sank five Iranian oil tankers. The renewed fighting helped push Brent crude above $100 a barrel, while Trump predicted oil prices would fall sharply once the conflict ends.