Washington, D.C. Beat

The head of the bishops’ pro-life committee has written to Trump administration officials his concerns about the status of their mifepristone safety review.

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling that sought to pause a federal policy permitting an abortion pill to be dispensed by mail.

“It’s a day of great joy for the Archdiocese of Washington,” said Cardinal Robert W. McElroy at a May 1 news conference hosted by the archdiocese.

The Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s congressional map creating a second majority-Black congressional district was “an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”

The Trump administration has left in place the Biden administration’s eased restrictions on mifepristone that eliminated an in-person dispensing requirement.

The task force was directed to focus on anti-Christian bias, but the report argued that the issues it included “do not only affect Christians. Far from it.”

A ruling in the case could have far-reaching implications for those who hold TPS status, including 350,000 Haitians who are living and working in the U.S.

Even some organizations that do not align with First Choice’s opposition to abortion filed amicus briefs on their behalf, citing freedom of speech concerns.

The head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference denounced the violence at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by Trump.

The same week, President Donald Trump said in response to questions from journalists not to “rush” him on the Iran war, as controversy over his comments about Pope Leo XIV …