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 […]
President Trump urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and ripped the head of the independent central bank as new tariffs caused stocks to plunge. In a Friday post on his Truth Social messaging platform, Trump accused Fed Chair Jerome Powell — a fellow Republican — of refusing to cut interest rates for political...
Ezra Levin, an activist who has organized demonstrations protesting President Trump and his close ally billionaire Elon Musk, praised Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for breaking the record for the longest speech in Senate history and knocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), arguing the longtime Democrat is not delivering for constituents. Levin co-founded the progressive organization Indivisible,...
Washington isn’t Silicon Valley, and the operating model of “moving fast and breaking things” being employed by DOGE has real national security implications.
The Trump administration has sent its demands to Harvard University on policies it must change to avoid the loss of federal funding after the federal government opened a review into the billions of dollars in contracts and grants it holds with the nation's oldest and richest school. In a Thursday letter, obtained by The...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give remarks Friday morning on the state of the economy, just days after President Trump announced new tariffs on nearly all foreign imports. Powell's comments also come after Labor Department data showed the U.S. added 228,000 jobs last month — with a steady 4.2 percent unemployment rate....
President Trump announced that a new $5 million gold card immigrant visa will become available in about two weeks, requiring vetting but offering work status and citizenship.
China, in the wake of President Trump's latest tariffs on foreign trading partners, announced Friday it will hit the U.S. with a 34 percent reciprocal tax on imports starting next week. “The US practice is inconsistent with international trade rules, seriously undermines China's legitimate rights and interests, and is a typical unilateral bullying practice," China’s...
CLINTON, N.Y. (WSYR) — Over 5,000 patrons roared as former President Obama walked across the stage to engage in a conversation with Hamilton College's President Steven Tepper for the first time in a college setting, aside from his historical commencement speeches over the years. Visitors flew in from as far as Europe and stood in...
The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate stayed roughly even at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The monthly federal jobs report showed the labor market holding strong in March after another month of rising concern about the impact of President Trump's economic agenda and...
There is simply no way that a thorough analysis can be completed in such a short timeframe, even if it is only “initial” and would be subject to further review and amendment.
Top Democrats on Capitol Hill have slammed the reported firing of National Security Agency Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and other top agency staffers, questioning how the dismissals will make the U.S. safer. Haugh, who also leads the U.S. Cyber Command, has more than 30 years of experience in the U.S. Air Force. NSA civilian deputy...
