Congress

Catholics from around the world gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy.

The bishops urged lawmakers to require DHS to make policy changes to its current enforcement practices “to ensure that the human rights and dignity of all persons are fully respected”

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

The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, if enacted, would revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug.

Trump called the operation “our last best chance to strike” to “eliminate the intolerable threats posed by this sick and sinister regime.”

Twenty-one state attorneys general and 60 members of Congress file briefs in support of Louisiana’s efforts to roll back eased restrictions on an abortion pill.

Negotiations to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security after approving a two-week extension for that department continue. 

The same week, the U.S. House failed to override a pair of vetoes by President Donald Trump; the Department of Health and Human Services made changes to health recommendations; and …

“He’s not well,” Trump said of Jimmy Lai. “He’s an older man, and he’s not well. So I did put that request out. We’ll see what happens.”

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.