WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration Feb. 7 changed the government’s position in a Supreme Court case concerning a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Amid ongoing uncertainty about the future of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the former head of Catholic Relief Services told OSV News that cutting off USAID funding …
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3 federal judges judges block Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV NEWS) — After two federal judges in two days blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship, a third federal judge followed suit on Feb. 10. U.S. …
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Trump at National Prayer Breakfast announces new order to investigate ‘anti-Christian’ bias
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump said in remarks to the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 6 that he would create a task force, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, to …
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Future of USAID unclear as concern mounts over agency’s ongoing tumult
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Concern is mounting that the ongoing tumult at the U.S. Agency for International Development is jeopardizing lives and livelihoods supported by the government’s humanitarian aid agency …
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Vance defends cuts to foreign aid ‘spreading atheism’ at religious freedom summit
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance defended cuts to U.S. foreign aid in remarks to the International Religious Freedom Summit Feb. 5, arguing the funds were “spreading atheism” abroad. …
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(OSV News) — Budgets, it has been said, are moral documents. By examining what they include and exclude — fund and don’t fund — the apparent priorities of their makers are …
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ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) — They are silent sentinels. Painted a somber, stormy ocean blue, others an earthy olive drab, and some still bare wood and awaiting color, dozens of simple …
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Washington roundup: Federal freeze confusion; Laken Riley Act; bishops praise Trump on school choice
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — A federal spending freeze announced by the Trump administration sparked confusion in Washington in the second week of the president’s new term. The same week in Washington, …
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Audited financials show claims the church profits from refugee work ‘just wrong’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Claims that the U.S. bishops’ conference profits from its partnership with the government to assist refugee populations that qualify for federal assistance, and that the Catholic …