It’s Monday, June 30th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])

By Adam McManus

South Korea detains 6 Americans sending Bibles into North Korea

South Korean authorities detained six Americans today after they attempted to send 1,600 plastic bottles containing miniature Bibles into North Korea by sea, reports International Christian Concern.

In Isaiah 55:11, God says, “My Word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

According to the Gwanghwa Island police, the Americans are being investigated because they allegedly violated the law on disaster management. The Americans reportedly threw the bottles, which also included USB sticks, money, and rice, into the sea, hoping North Koreans would eventually find them washed up on their shore. The police did not disclose the contents of the USB sticks.

Christian missionaries and human rights groups have attempted to send plastic bottles by sea and balloons by air into North Korea.

Sadly, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who was just elected June 4, 2025, has pledged to halt such campaigns, arguing that such items could provoke North Korea.

According to Open Doors, North Korea is the most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.

Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill clears procedural vote

The U.S. Senate advanced the latest version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” in a procedural vote on June 28, clearing the way for floor debate on the substance of the sweeping megabill, reports The Epoch Times. This moves Republicans one step closer to delivering on key parts of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.

The bill advanced in a vote of 51 to 49, with enough Republican holdouts joining party leaders to avoid the need for Vice President J.D. Vance’s tie-breaking vote and to push the measure forward despite lingering concerns about some of its provisions.

Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Josh Hawley of Missouri, two pivotal holdouts, said on June 28 that they would vote to advance the megabill, pointing to revisions unveiled by party leaders on June 27 that addressed some of their earlier objections.

Hawley, who had previously objected to proposed Medicaid cuts, told reporters on June 28 that he would back not only the motion to proceed, but also final passage of the bill. He credited his decision to new language in the updated bill that delays implementation of changes to the federal cap on Medicaid provider taxes—a provision he said would ultimately bring more federal funding to Missouri’s Medicaid program over the next four years.

In an attempt to delay passage of the bill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and his fellow Democrats required that the clerks read the entire 940-page bill out loud, which took 15 hours 55 minutes through yesterday afternoon, reports CBS.

The chamber began up to 20 hours of debate on Sunday afternoon which you can watch through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune expects a final vote on the package sometime today.

Two GOP defections on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

There were two Republicans who voted against advancing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, reports The Hill.com.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who opposes a provision to raise the debt limit by $5 trillion, and Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who says the legislation would cost his state $38.9 billion in federal Medicaid funding.

Three other Republicans, who had wavered, changed their minds. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin changed his “no” vote to “aye,” and holdout Senators Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida, and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming also voted yes to advance the bill.

The bill had suffered several significant setbacks in the days and hours before coming to the floor, at times appearing to be on shaky ground.

Trump blasted Tillis on Truth Social, vowing to interview candidates to run against him in the upcoming senatorial primary.

He said, “Looks like Senator Thom Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the Nation that he’s giving them a 68% Tax Increase, as opposed to the Biggest Tax Cut in American History!

“America wants Reduced Taxes, including NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY, Interest Deductions on Cars, Border Security, a Strong Military, and a Bill which is GREAT for our Farmers, Manufacturers and Employment, in general. Thom Tillis is making a BIG MISTAKE for America, and the Wonderful People of North Carolina!”

Just one day after drawing President Trump’s ire for opposing the party’s sweeping domestic policy package, Senator Tillis surprisingly announced that he will not seek a third 6-year term in 2026, reports The Guardian.

Trump’s bill does defund Planned Parenthood

President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill still includes language to stop forced taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion for one year, reports LifeNews.com.

The good news is that Planned Parenthood defunding is retained in the final version of the bill, but the bad news is that the 10 year funding ban has been scaled back to just one year.

According to Planned Parenthood’s latest annual fiscal report, the organization killed more than 400,000 babies through abortion in 2023 and 2024 and received nearly $800 million from taxpayers.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that stops forced taxpayer funding of the abortion industry has been retained in the Senate bill, as we were confident it would, though for one year. This is a huge win.”

Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.”

Call your two U.S. Senators ASAP on Monday at 202-224-3121 to urge them to retain the defunding of Planned Parenthood in the bill. That’s 202-224-3121.

Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship plan

Last Friday, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major win by allowing it, for now, to take steps to implement its proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, reports NBC News.

TRUMP: “That was meant for the babies of slaves. It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system.”

In a 6-3 vote, the court granted the request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges so that they only apply to the states, groups and individuals that sued.

TRUMP: “This was a big decision, an amazing decision!”

The White House said, “Since the moment President Trump took office, low-level activist judges have been exploiting their positions to kneecap the agenda on which he was overwhelmingly elected. Of the 40 nationwide injunctions filed against President Trump’s executive actions in his second term, 35 of them came from just five far-left jurisdictions: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, and the District of Columbia.

“Now, the Trump administration can promptly proceed with critical action to save the country — like ending birthright citizenship, ceasing sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, freezing unnecessary funding, and stopping taxpayers from funding transgender surgeries.”

Appearing on Fox News Channel, Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University Law School Professor, explained that this is a major victory for Trump.

TURLEY: “This is a huge win for him. It does negate what has been a stumbling block. These judges have been throwing sand in the works in many of these policies, from immigration to birthright citizenship to [Department of Government Efficiency] cuts — that will presumably now be tamped down. If these judges try to circumvent that, I think they’ll find an even more expedited path to a Supreme Court that’s going to continue to reverse some of these, lift some of these injunctions.”

President Trump agreed wholeheartedly.

TRUMP: “We’ve seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president, to stop the American people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers.”

Professor Turley was shocked by the forcefulness of Amy Coney Barrett’s 96-page majority opinion, which took on leftist Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the author of the 20-page dissent.

Barrett wrote, “We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. … Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”

TURLEY: “The opinion was really radioactive in this takedown of Justice Jackson. I’ve been covering the Supreme Court for decades. It’s rare to see that type of exchange. The important thing to remember is that Justice Barrett delivered what was essentially a pile driver.

“But she didn’t do it alone. I mean, her colleagues signed on to this. And I think it’s very clear that the majority is getting tired of the histrionics and the hysteria that seems to be growing a bit on the left side of the court.”

Turley cited two examples of the hyperbolic rhetoric of the three leftist judges on the Supreme Court.

TURLEY: “It’s the hyperbole that’s coming out of the dissent that is so notable. Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor, in that Maryland case, said that giving parents the ability to opt out of a few [pro-homosexual/transgender] lessons was going to, ‘create chaos and probably end public education.’ Justice [Ketanji Brown] Jackson saying this could very well essentially be the ‘death of democracy.’ It’s the type of hyperbole that most justices have avoided.”

Even CNN’s Michael Smerconish said that Trump is meeting and surpassing expectations.

SMERCONISH: “By any objective measure, President Trump has his opponents on the run.”

30 Worldview listeners gave $8,873 to fund our annual budget

And finally, toward our $123,500 goal by today, June 30, to fully fund The Worldview’s annual budget for our 6-member team, 30 listeners stepped up to the plate.

Our thanks to Frederick in Kennesaw, Georgia who gave $20 as well as Michael in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Kenyon in Merritt Island, Florida, Leslie in Florham Park, New Jersey, Augustine in Auburn, California, Anastasia in Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada, and John-William in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan – each of whom gave $25.

We appreciate Tim in Derby, New York who gave $33 as well as Charles from an unknown city, Yvonne in Cornwall, New York, Stephanie in Mesa, Arizona, James and Mary in Glade Valley, North Carolina, Colleen in Goose Creek, South Carolina, Glenn and Linda in Palmdale, California, Timothy and Brenda in Colorado Springs, Colorado, George in Niagara Falls, New York, Keziah in Walpole, New Hampshire, and Bob in Wilmot, South Dakota – each of whom gave $50.

We’re grateful to God for Samuel in Bartlett, Tennessee, Elizabeth in Cordova, Illinois, Amy in Snohomish, Washington, Kevin in North Bend, Oregon, Carl and Mary in Chaska, Minnesota, and an anonymous donor through the National Christian Foundation – each of whom gave $100.

And we were touched by the generosity of Tobi (age 17), Kowa (age 15) Jedidiah (age 14), and Kensington (age 11) in Star, Idaho who pooled their resources and gave $140, Royal in Topeka, Kansas who gave $250, Joe and Becky in Gainesville, Georgia who pledged $40/month for 12 months for a gift of $480, Stuart in Zillah, Washington who gave $500, Stephen in California, Maryland who pledged $100/month for 12 months for a gift of $1,200, and an anonymous donor through the National Christian Foundation who gave $5,000.

Those 30 Worldview listeners gave a total of $8,873.

Ready for our new grand total? Drum roll please. (Drum roll sound effect) $112,959.55! (People clapping and cheering sound effect) Wow! To each one of you who gave Friday and over the weekend, thank you!

That means by tonight, we need to raise the final $10,540.45 on this Monday, June 30^th, our final day to get across the finish line to fund the 6-member Worldview newscast team.

We need to find the final 5 people to pledge $100/month for 12 months for a gift of $1,200. And another 8 people to pledge $50/month for 12 months for a gift of $600.

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