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Aside from Catholic concerns about IVF, it was actually “pretty unlikely” such a mandate could be issued by the president, said one expert on the issue.

“I see it, and you can’t fake that,” U.S. President Donald Trump said about situation in Gaza.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s order putting indefinite hold on defunding Planned Parenthood called “aggressive and broad.” 

“Instances of bipartisan cooperation seem to be few and far between, especially related to immigration,” said the U.S. bishops’ migration committee chairman.

The previous order applied to only some Planned Parenthood affiliates, but the new order would apply to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide.

As Epstein controversy swirls, President Trump signs an executive order aiming to give cities and states more authority to remove people suffering homelessness from their streets.

The House Judiciary Committee interim report said the priest subjected to FBI surveillance is a member of the Society of St. Pius X.

“Much of the labor that’s done in the United States” — particularly seasonal labor — “is done by … both documented and undocumented immigrants.”

A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship that is subject to a class-action lawsuit.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A federal judge on July 21 extended an order blocking enforcement of a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into …