WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump signed legislation June 10 providing $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol. Prior to the bill’s passage, …
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Washington Roundup: House rebukes Iran war; Senate approves immigration enforcement bill
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. House of Representatives approved a war powers resolution on June 3 rebuking the conflict in Iran. The same week, the Senate approved legislation providing another …
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Poll: Pope has high favorability rating after AI encyclical; Trump dips over inflation, war in Iran
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe poll found the U.S.-born Pope Leo had the highest net favorability rating of a group of public figures they polled at plus-37 percentage points.
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Absence of USAID, misinformation are among key challenges as CRS fights Ebola spread
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — As international health officials warn the Ebola outbreak in central Africa had a “big head start,” Catholic Relief Services, the overseas relief and development arm of the …
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DHS chief pushes for more immigration enforcement funds, as US bishops urge key reforms
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonDHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee as the U.S. bishops called for changes to an immigration enforcement bill.
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Washington Roundup: Policymakers’ reaction to pope’s AI encyclical, new trial for death-row inmate
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPope Leo: The development of AI technology must be accompanied by safeguards to protect human dignity, as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanization.”
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Vance invokes Pope Leo on AI and warfare in Air Force Academy graduation address
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonVice President JD Vance said he wanted to “endorse” Pope Leo XIV’s concerns about AI and warfare at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony.
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Lawmakers back US bishops’ bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonFifty members of Congress offered their support to a lawsuit by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and other Catholic organizations seeking to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion …
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Pew: Most Americans who attend religious services have heard about political, social issues recently
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonMost U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue recently, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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Vance says Pope Leo’s new encyclical ‘sounds very profound,’ welcomes just war ‘rethink’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonVice President JD Vance said in a new interview with NBC News that what he has read of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “sounds very profound.”
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