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 Justice Department was preparing to send U.S. Marshalls to a former employee's home ahead of an appearance she was set to make with two high-profile Democrats over restoring actor Mel Gibson's gun rights. Correspondence between former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer and the Justice Department indicates the department planned to dispatch U.S. Marshalls to deliver...
A former top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said he blocked members of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s team from directing accessing a vaccine database over concerns they would rewrite or erase the stored information. Peter Marks, who headed the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research before...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing employment with policies meant to steer laid-off federal workers into factories. In an interview with Tucker Carlson published Friday on X, the Treasury secretary said he believed the U.S. had enough workers to fill thousands of manufacturing jobs Trump hopes to...
The United States must adopt a balanced approach to Syria, engaging with the transitional government while maintaining diplomatic relations with other countries to establish lasting stability in the country.
President Trump is holding firm in his economic plans, even as stocks opened Monday morning at a loss and discontent grew over the weekend with his tariff agenda. He pushed back on criticism quickly on Monday, calling on Americans to be patient. “Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party...
President Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from China, a massive escalation of a potential trade war between the world's two largest economies. Trump's threat is the latest tit-for-tat between the U.S. and China in the last week. The White House last Wednesday announced it would impose a 34...
President Trump said on Sunday he would “love” to send American inmates to El Salvador’s mega-prison but first needs to check if it’s legal. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked whether he plans to discuss El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's offer to take in and house American prisoners with him. “Well,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Washington Capitals team captain Alex Ovechkin on becoming the NHL's top goal scorer, wishing him "health, good luck (and) a fighting spirit to conquer new heights in life and sports."
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a judge’s ruling ordering the government return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the end of Monday. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who resides in Maryland, was removed despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling protecting him from being deported to the country. The administration...
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced on Monday it is investing seven figures in the battle to keep the Democratic majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates. The committee made the announcement in its “Roadmap to Victory in Virginia” memo, which included its first batch of House of Delegates target races in 2025. The initial...
If America wants to lead again, it must go beyond trade wars and build a real manufacturing ecosystem — starting with semiconductors, the linchpin of modern industry.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors that the U.S. economy is facing "considerable turbulence" due to President Trump's escalating trade war, which could slow down growth and lead to a recession.
The White House pushed back on the idea that President Trump is considering a 90-day pause on tariffs as “fake news” after it spread on social media and caused the stock market to jump. “Wrong. Fake News,” the White House said on X, sharing a post that Trump is reportedly expecting to do a pause....
Goldman Sachs analysts are again raising the odds of a recession as markets continue to reel in the wake of President Trump’s sweeping tariff actions. The bank warned in a new report on Sunday that it increased the probability of a recession in the U.S. to 45 percent, just a week after it forecasted odds...
