Twelve years ago, I was nine years old, playing on the beach and savoring the final moments of spring break 2013. Unexpectedly, my mom shouted from her beach chair, “We have a new pope!” I dashed over to her chair, interested in this exclamation. “He’s a Jesuit, that’s weird,” she continued. I just nodded, not sure […]
The funeral of Pope Francis — the world's first Argentinean pontiff — will be held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics around the globe gather to pay their respects. Francis died Monday at the age of 88 from a stroke — a complication of chronic lung disease, which had plagued the pope for months. His...
Pope Francis's funeral is slated to begin early Saturday in Rome as Catholics mourn the loss of their leader and prepare for the conclave to replace him. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re will preside over Francis's funeral in St. Peter's Square and is expected to deliver the eulogy. Francis died earlier this week from heart failure...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a bombshell Biden administration document this week, a blueprint for combating “domestic terrorism,” an umbrella term encompassing parents who attended school board meetings or Catholics who favored the traditional liturgy. This 2021 document, called the Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism, reveals a coordinated effort to target […]
The president of Signal defended the security of the encrypted messaging app on Tuesday after a bombshell report revealed top Trump administration officials used the app to discuss airstrike plans hours before they took place. In a lengthy post on the social platform X on Tuesday night, Signal President Meredith Whittaker called the app the...
The White House is hosting an event Wednesday afternoon to honor Women's History Month. President Trump, who will give a speech at the event, will be joined by female members of Congress. He is expected to help announce the launch of a GOP Women's Caucus spearheaded by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), per an invitation obtained...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday doubled down on his assertion that he did not share classified plans to strike Houthi targets in a Signal group chat of Trump administration officials that was inadvertently shared with a journalist, who he claimed “has never seen a war plan.” In a combative post to the social platform X,...
Prominent political figures and lawmakers on the commencement speaker circuit are about to have some friendly, froggy competition — Kermit the Frog will deliver the address to the University of Maryland's graduates this summer. The school teased the iconic green character's participation in the May 21 commencement ceremony with a video Wednesday touting Kermit's accomplishments as an...
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said Trump intelligence officials lied when they said the information included in a Signal group chat did not include classified information. “The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified – y'all know it was a lie. That's ridiculous. I've seen things much less...
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Wednesday blasted Trump national security officials on everything from their use of Signal to discuss attack plans to the administration's embrace of Russia. “The two general officers sitting at the table and the people who work for all of you know that if they had set up and participated in...
EMILY’s List, a political action committee backing abortion rights, on Wednesday unveiled House Republicans it is looking to help unseat in the 2026 midterm elections. “In 2026, we must take back the majority in the U.S. House to create a federal check on Donald Trump and beat back GOP attacks on our rights and our...
Thanks to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey is no longer a reliable U.S. ally. There is no future for Turkish-American relations as long as he remains in power.
Former Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s messages in a Signal group chat about the Houthi attack have left her “absolutely floored.” “Pete Hegseth put the sequencing of the entire operation & types of aircraft that would be used to conduct these strikes all before the operation took place. He...
President Trump on Wednesday shrugged off new reporting from The Atlantic highlighting messages from a Signal group in which administration officials discussed specific timing of an attack on Houthi rebels. Trump was asked about the new development during an appearance on "The Vince Show" with Vince Coglianese. “There weren’t details, and there was nothing in...
Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX drew more than 120 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with the majority objecting to the rapper’s language and some dubbing it "racist" because "not one white person" was seen onstage. In total, 125 viewers sent complaints to the FCC in the wake of Lamar's performance last...
A majority of Americans say presidents should obey court rulings, according to the results of a new survey. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, unveiled Tuesday, found that 82 percent of respondents believe the president should heed to rulings from federal judges. Another 14 percent said the opposite. The sentiment comes amid growing frustration aimed at the judicial...
