President Donald Trump and Republicans grappled with election losses Nov. 4 as the federal government shutdown became the longest in history.
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A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January about state laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.
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“A tariff is a tax,” said Jesuit Father Stephen Pitts, professor of economics at Marquette University. “And so the question with any tax is, who will bear it?”
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic and the first woman elected to that role, announced Nov. 6 she will not seek re-election to Congress in 2026.
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Voters in the contests in Virginia and New Jersey who said the economy was their first concern chose the Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
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Catholic bishops are among those who have acknowledged points of tension between the Trump administration’s immigration policy and religious liberty.
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Although the American public came to view the Iraq War as a disaster, Vice President Dick Cheney consistently defended the decision.
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In fiscal year 2023, 79% of SNAP recipient households included either a child, an elderly individual or a nonelderly individual with a disability.
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Violence against Christians has escalated in recent years from Islamic extremist groups but Muslim communities have also been hit hard by the violence.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make SNAP payments Oct. 31; Trump also ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing after a pause of more than three …
