Washington, D.C. Beat

After the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the talks “a road to nowhere.”

“It will be of utmost importance that any person detained in the federal immigration detention center in McCook can also access regular, ongoing pastoral care.”

President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders as he seeks an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Aug. 15, as Trump seeks to end that nation’s war in Ukraine. 

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump said Aug. 11 he will place the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department “under direct federal control,” activate the National Guard, and “get rid …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The National Park Service announced Aug. 4 that it will restore and reinstall a statue of a senior Confederate officer in the nation’s capital that was toppled …

Trump’s birthright citizenship order is blocked again; new tariffs are in effect; and the military is ordered to make plans against Latin American cartels.

(OSV News) — A federal judge in Maryland ruled Aug. 7 the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or temporary …

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.