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The U.S. Supreme Court June 30 ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship violated the 14th Amendment.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 took up a case regarding whether state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, sometimes called assault weapons, violate the Second …

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship on June 30, finding the order violated the 14th Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued several major rulings on immigration policy cases as it prepared to end its term.

More than 450 laypeople, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students and family members gathered for the ministry’s fourth conference. The event marked the fifth anniversary of the Outreach ministry itself, which …

The Supreme Court’s ruling will allow the policy to go into effect, which would block asylum-seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil.

On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops and pro-life leaders pointed to abortion pills as among …

“There are still four active lawsuits challenging continued construction of the mine and challenging the land transfer and trying to get it rescinded.” 

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained about an …

Catholic leaders expressed cautious optimism about an end to the conflict in the Middle East after the signing of a tentative framework to end the Iran war.