Pope Leo XIV apologized on Monday for the Catholic Church’s legitimization of slavey, saying the delay in denouncing the practice was a “wound in Christian memory.” Leo, the first American pope, released his first encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas.” The 43,000-word manifesto focused on the rise of artificial intelligence and how the church should respond to […]
The Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund could be a boon for GOP senators targeted by a Biden-era investigation, but some say they still do not want the taxpayer payout. Settlements for those the Justice Department deems were victims of “lawfare and weaponization” under past administrations is the latest attempt to provide financial compensation to […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pushing members of the Democratic Party to embrace universal childcare as a key part of their affordability pitch to voters ahead of the midterm elections. The Massachusetts senator is banking that voters frustrated by President Donald Trump‘s administration will help hand back control of the House and Senate to Democrats, […]
When Rabbi Jacob Schacter visited the Normandy American Cemetery in 2014, one detail stayed with him long after his return home. The observation seemed insignificant at first. But for Schacter and the historians and genealogists who would later found Operation Benjamin, it raised a troubling question: Why did there appear to be so few Jewish […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) highlighted Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as three Democrats he sees as “leaders” in the party who are “stepping up” and prioritizing the people. Booker told Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Sunday his party “desperately needs new leadership” […]
United States officials said Sunday that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have been slowed in part because Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is operating from an extremely isolated location that has made communication inside the Iranian government difficult. Iran’s supreme leader “is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world […]
President Donald Trump endorsed Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson for governor of Kansas on Sunday, formalizing support for the Trump-aligned candidate. Trump cited Masterson’s record on the Second Amendment, cutting taxes, and keeping the border secure in the announcement, saying Masterson will “work tirelessly to Champion Kansas Values.” Masterson has been linked prominently to Trumpworld […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Sunday said Republicans no longer worried about reelection have the freedom to more openly criticize President Donald Trump and his allies. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Tillis joked that lawmakers no longer facing voters can finally drop the political “filter” that shapes many public comments. “You know what […]
A suicide bomb killed 23 people and wounded 70 others on a railway in Pakistan, with the Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist militia group, claiming responsibility for the attack on a passenger train. The suicide bomb attack derailed the passenger train and caused two cars to catch fire, according to the Associated Press. The attack, […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blamed his reelection loss to challenger Ed Gallrein on the times he has worked across the aisle with Democrats instead of voting with Republicans, particularly pointing to his advocacy for the release of the Epstein files. Massie fell to Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL backed by President Donald Trump, by a […]
