Washington, D.C. Beat

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order May 12 that he said would lower prescription drug costs — an issue the U.S. bishops have flagged in recent …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Current and former U.S. presidents and other officials offered congratulations to Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, as he became the first American pope.  …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The news spread quickly May 8 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, festooned in papal gold and white bunting. Not so …

A group of House Republicans have reportedly expressed opposition to eliminating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding through the budget reconciliation process.

In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump congratulated the new pope, saying, “It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement.”

Catholic health care providers and commentators praised the report, while its critics questioned whether psychotherapy resolves gender dysphoria.

At the start of his second term in January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to combat what he called “radical gender ideology” in the U.S. military.

A new report shows that millions of U.S. citizen children are potentially “at risk of being left with no parents” under a mass deportation program.

The new Pew Research Center survey shows that U.S. Catholics want a more inclusive church — but differing Mass attendance reveals divides on key issues.

The administration argued Idaho, Kansas and Missouri cannot “piggyback” off a dismissed case against mifepristone, a drug used for abortion and miscarriage.