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Recovering the lost virtue of humility for the common good

Think of humility as a base or center point: the hub of a wheel from which other virtues radiate.

Schumer: ‘American people will see right through’ Trump’s abortion stance

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a floor speech Tuesday that the American public will “see right through” former President Trump’s abortion stance, just a day after the former president said abortion law should be left to the states. “Republicans and Donald Trump can try to hide their anti-abortion records all they want,...

US foreign-born population grew 15 percent in 12 years

The U.S. foreign-born population has grown by 15 percent in 12 years, per a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. The foreign-born population in the country was around 40 million in 2010, making up 12.9 percent of the total population. The number jumped to 46.2 million in 12 years, with now making...

White House holds press briefing: Watch live

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a media briefing alongside national security adviser Jake Sullivan Tuesday afternoon. The White House is facing a reconvening Congress that is still divided on how, or even if, aid to Ukraine will continue. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced Sunday what he sees as a stark reality: His...

Top Foreign Affairs Democrat says he doesn’t think Johnson will be ousted for Ukraine vote

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in an early Tuesday interview that he does not think Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would be removed from his post if he puts the Ukraine supplemental aid package on the floor for a vote. Meeks said on on “CNN News Central"...

Biden touts support for care workers at DC event

President Biden on Tuesday held a rally with care workers, where he highlighted his administration’s efforts to expand access to child care and teased an upcoming effort to increase staffing standards in nursing homes. “You’re the heroes to so many individuals. You really are. And you represent so many people who do it and do...

Missouri case shows that even people sentenced to death can be rehabilitated  

From the time he was sentenced, Brian Dorsey’s story was a powerful antidote to despair. It calls on all of us not to give up hope, even for those who commit horrible crimes.   

Romney: Mayorkas did not commit a high crime or misdemeanor

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters Tuesday that he does not think Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has committed a high crime or misdemeanor, the standard set by the Constitution for impeaching and removing a federal official from office. Romney made clear that he would not vote to remove Mayorkas from office if the articles...

Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law banning nearly all abortions

Abortion will be almost entirely illegal in Arizona after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that made performing an abortion a felony. In a 4-2 decision, the court rejected arguments that it should uphold the 15-week abortion ban passed by then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) in 2022 and enforced after the end...

FBI director says China is the ‘defining threat of our generation’

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that China is the "defining threat of our generation" during a Tuesday speech to the American Bar Association.

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