Washington, D.C. Beat

Once signed by the president, it will end what was the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, which reached its 43rd day Nov. 12.

A funding deal in the Senate signaled the end to the government shutdown, but Catholic groups expressed concern about the fate of health insurance subsidies.

President Donald Trump and Republicans grappled with election losses Nov. 4 as the federal government shutdown became the longest in history. 

The Supreme Court has moved to block a judge order’s demanding full payments to fund SNAP after the Trump administration asked the high court to intervene.

“A tariff is a tax,” said Jesuit Father Stephen Pitts, professor of economics at Marquette University. “And so the question with any tax is, who will bear it?”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic and the first woman elected to that role, announced Nov. 6 she will not seek re-election to Congress in 2026.

Catholic bishops are among those who have acknowledged points of tension between the Trump administration’s immigration policy and religious liberty.

Although the American public came to view the Iraq War as a disaster, Vice President Dick Cheney consistently defended the decision.

In fiscal year 2023, 79% of SNAP recipient households included either a child, an elderly individual or a nonelderly individual with a disability.

Violence against Christians has escalated in recent years from Islamic extremist groups but Muslim communities have also been hit hard by the violence.