WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Senate Jan. 14 blocked a bipartisan measure that aimed to limit President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela after two Republicans dropped their …
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Vance to address March for Life rally in person; Trump to speak via video
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance is expected to address the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 23, organizers of the event said Jan. 16. “We’re thrilled …
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US bishops praise DHS policy change on wait times for religious worker visas
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon“Our appreciation” for efforts supporting the religious worker visas program “cannot be overstated,” said the USCCB’s president and its migration chair.
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The Trump administration “quietly released” Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider in December.
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Washington Roundup: Senate advances war powers resolution; House OKs health subsidies extension
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe same week, the U.S. House failed to override a pair of vetoes by President Donald Trump; the Department of Health and Human Services made changes to health recommendations; and …
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Pro-life groups push back after Trump tells House GOP to be ‘flexible’ on Hyde Amendment
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonNational pro-life group argued the policy should be “a minimum standard in the Republican Party.”
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Washington Roundup: Trump drops National Guard deployment, Roberts says Constitution remains ‘firm’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPresident Donald Trump said Dec. 31 he would drop, for now, his administration’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops after a series of legal defeats.
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Barrett discusses Dobbs decision, Roe’s ‘flawed’ reasoning, life at the court, her faith
by OSV Newsby OSV News“Roe told Americans what they should agree to, rather than what they have already agreed to in the Constitution,” Justice Barrett said.
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Washington Roundup: Trump suspends green card lottery; health care subsidies set to expire
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPresident Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program Dec. 18 after the deceased suspect in the shootings of Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was …
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HHS proposes new regulatory actions to prohibit gender transition procedures for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 announced new regulatory actions that would effectively ban certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who …
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