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 […]
An Israeli strike killed a notable Hamas official, according to The Associated Press. Palestinian parliament and political bureau member Salah Bardawil was among a minimum of 26 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Gaza stretching from Saturday night into Sunday morning, the AP reported. The strike also killed Bardawil's wife. The number of Palestinian deaths...
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Saturday that President Trump has "broken the Democratic Party," adding that it has become "leaderless" and party members are "fighting among themselves." "It is a huge mess," McCarthy said of the present state of the Democratic Party in a conversation with radio host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” Sunday...
Chief Justice John Roberts is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the president increasingly tests the limits of the judiciary’s role as the most prominent backstop to his administration’s sweeping agenda. The president stepped up his attacks this week by calling for a judge’s impeachment, earning a rare public rebuke from the chief...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) all but disappeared after he and former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential race to President Trump in November. But while Harris has remained out of the spotlight, Walz has reemerged in a series of interviews and public appearances where he has sought to explain why the Democratic ticket...
President Trump has focused on a limited ceasefire in the Ukraine war as he seeks to get the ball rolling on broader peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin this week rejected a full 30-day ceasefire proposed by the U.S. and backed by Ukraine, but he signaled openness to a narrower truce...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, sent a memo Friday saying that members of the Department of Defense (DOD) may be subjected to polygraph tests in a new investigation into alleged leaks at the Pentagon. Kasper mentioned "recent unauthorized disclosures" of sensitive information but stopped short of specifying any details about the...
Former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber was found dead on Saturday morning at the age of 43. According to the Alexandria Police Department (APD), the cause and circumstances of Aber’s death are being looked into and will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia. A...
Former Vice President Harris is widely favored as a possible candidate in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary field, per a new poll. The 2024 Democratic nominee has the support of 36 percent of Democratic voters and Democratic-leaning independents eligible to participate in the 2028 primary, according to a new survey from Morning Consult. Following Harris...
Trump administration special envoy Steve Witkoff said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin prayed for President Trump after he was injured following an assassination attempt during the presidential campaign last year. Speaking to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his podcast, Witkoff said Putin told him about his reaction to the attack on Trump...
An attorney resigned from the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom resigned, posting a a sharply critical resignation letter that called on the company to stand up to President Trump' amid a crackdown on law firms. Rachel Cohen, an associate at the firm, shared a strongly worded “conditional notice” of resignation with her...
House Republicans who faced hostile crowds and viral confrontations at town halls in their districts are defending their decision to hold the events — despite recommendations from House GOP leaders to avoid them. “I think that was able to show folks that Republicans can and should stand our ground,” Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) said. Edwards,...
As he is ramping up deportations of migrants from the U.S., President Trump is battling the backlash from Democrats in Congress, activists on the ground and judges in the courtroom. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary order to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law. The judge wanted...
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), a supporter of President Trump, met Saturday with China's economic chief, Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing. This was the first visit by a U.S. politician to China since Trump's return to the White House amid tensions between the two countries over trade tariffs. "Senator Daines welcomed today's meeting with Vice...
CNN political analyst Elie Honig is questioning President Trump over his recent deflection on how the 1798 Alien Enemies Act was invoked by the administration to speed up the deportation of Venezuelan migrants allegedly linked to gang activity. Trump, speaking to reporters on Friday, suggested that "other people" handled the proclamation, pointing to Secretary of...
