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 […]
Senate Judiciary Democrats are pushing for a rare hearing on a U.S. attorney nominee as they argue President Trump’s pick to lead the office in D.C., Ed Martin, is especially alarming and deserving of further scrutiny. Martin has held the job on an interim basis since Inauguration Day, but in just a few short weeks...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said late Wednesday that he considers Elon Musk’s statements that he’s a “creep” and a “jerk” a "badge of honor." “Well, that’s a badge of honor if he thinks I am,” Walz said on MSNBC about the tech billionaire's insults, made in response to the former Democratic vice presidential nominee's...
Scott Kupor, President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Kupor, a managing director at a venture capital firm, was tapped for the role in December. His confirmation hearing comes as the Trump administration faces mounting criticism over mass...
Former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), President Trump's choice for ambassador to China, will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday morning. Perdue, who served as a senator from 2015 to 2021, was a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. He ran for governor of Georgia in 2021 and was endorsed by Trump....
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused an order that blocked the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the administration's emergency request for an administrative stay, noting the government's representation that...
Countries around globe have responded to President Trump's latest tariffs with either threats of retaliation or calls for negotiation. Trump on Wednesday imposed a 10-percent base tax on all goods coming into the U.S., with the exception of items from Mexico and Canada — trading partners the administration has already targeted with 25 percent tariffs....
Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) announced on Thursday that he’s running for a Senate seat in New Hampshire to replace Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who's retiring. “Granite Staters know my record of taking on the big fights and looking out for them – pushing tax cuts for working families and small businesses, taking on predatory companies...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced that he is running for reelection as an independent in the mayoral race, as he has faced long odds of being able to win as a Democrat. Observers had been watching for what Adams would do ahead of Thursday’s filing deadline for the race as he had...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged countries around the world to refrain from retaliating against the U.S. in light of President Trump’s reset of tariff policy, arguing the administration is preparing the U.S. for “long-term” economic growth. “My advice to every country right now is, do not retaliate, sit back, take it in, let's see how...
