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 […]