This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 11:24) Is Corporate America Lining Up Against Pro-Life Efforts? Big Business Pushes Back Against Pro-Life Momentum as the Fault Lines of U.S. Politics are Being Redrawn State by StateAbortion Law in Indiana Leads to Fallout for State, Politics by Washington Post (Amber Phillips and Tom Hamburger)Youngkin’s Culture Wars are Good for Him but Bad for Virginia Business by Washington Post (Don L. Scott Jr.)Part II (11:24 – 19:44) The Most Pro-Abortion President in U.S. History is Not Pro-Abortion Enough for His Party? They Also Complain He Doesn’t Like to Use the Word ‘Abortion’A Profile of Moral Collapse: President Biden, Abortion, and the Culture of Death by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler Jr.)Biden Is an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Can He Lead the Fight in Post-Roe America? by New York Times (Michael D. Shear)Part III (19:44 – 25:07) It’s Monkey vs. Humans in Japan: The Nation Wrestles with a Macaque Problem—and the Macaques Are Getting SmarterA Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place. by New York Times (Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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How Will History Judge? America Leaves Afghanistan

PART 2
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U.S. Now Among Others in Graveyard of Empires That Is Afghanistan. What Does This Event Reveal About Our Nation?

NEW YORK TIMES
Afghanistan Live Updates: The United States Occupation Is Over

PART 3
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History of Technological Advance in Light of Hurricane Ida: In a World Dependent on Electricity, a Lack of It Poses Much Bigger Threat Than Mere Inconvenience

WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ STAFF)
Hurricane Ida: What to Know About the Storm and Its Damage

PART 4
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Hinge Moment in America’s Fight to Recovery the Dignity of Unborn Human Life as Texas Abortion Ban Will Put End to Nearly All Abortions in the State

WASHINGTON POST (ANN E. MARIMOW AND EMILY WAX-THIBODEAUX)
Supreme Court Asked to Block Texas Abortion Law Deputizing Citizens to Enforce Six-Week Ban

TEXAS TRIBUNE (NEELAM BOHRA)
Texas Abortion Law that Bans Procedure as Early as Six Weeks Set to Go into Effect after Court Cancels Hearing, Denies Motions

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:00) With Election Day Looming, What is the Landscape and What Is at Stake? Part II (12:00 – 24:46) ‘Democratic at Both Ends But Alabama in the Center’: Why a Fraternity of Presidents Made a Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania in the Last Weekend Before Election Day 3 Presidents Swoop Into Pennsylvania, in a Clash That Transcends 2022 by New York Times (Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender)Part III (24:46 – 26:51) Politically Right and Politically Gracious: An Approach for Faithful Voting on Election DaySign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.