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TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER SENDING 1,500 TROOPS TO SOUTHERN BORDER
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday sending an additional 1,500 troops to the southern border of the United States, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Leavitt spoke to the press outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon, where she shared news of the president’s latest executive order…..READ MORE >
LARGEST WILDFIRE SINCE DEADLY LOS ANGELES FIRESTORM BREAKS OUT NORTH OF CITY
Firefighters raced to contain wildfires that started in Southern California Wednesday, as gusty Santa Ana winds continued to plague the southern portion of the state. The most recent, dubbed the Hughes Fire, exploded in size Wednesday near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County. The fire swelled to more than 9,000 acres – sending a massive column….READ MORE >
SENATE DEMS BLOCK BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT
Senate Democrats blocked on Wednesday legislation that aims to protect babies born alive in botched abortions. By a 52-47 vote along party lines, the Republican-led upper chamber failed to invoke cloture on the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” A two-thirds majority was needed for consideration of the legislation to commence….READ MORE >
FEDERAL IVF MANDATE WOULD BE DANGEROUS, ARLINGTON’S CATHOLIC BISHOP WARNS
A federal mandate around in vitro fertilization (IVF) would be dangerous, cautioned Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge in a new letter released Wednesday. Burbidge, who oversees Virginia’s Arlington diocese just across the river from Washington, D.C., did not mention President Donald Trump by name….READ MORE >
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDS THE COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in an announcement effective Wednesday that it will no longer require the COVID-19 vaccination for legal immigrants, and that they will no longer deny citizenship to legal immigrants who do not give documentation that they received the COVID-19 vaccine….READ MORE >
WOKE BISHOP’S ANTI-TRUMP SERMON IS THE END RESULT OF A MARXIST PLOT
Mariann Budde, the Bishop who presided over the inaugural prayer service at Washington’s National Cathedral Tuesday, disgraced the nation when she used a nonpartisan occasion of religious worship to deliver a left-wing diatribe to President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their families….READ MORE >
COMMENTARY: ‘WE HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER A LAWLESS REGIME’: CATHOLICS CELEBRATE TRUMP OVERHAULS
As the newly-installed Trump administration hit the ground running, several high-profile Catholic intellectuals in the United States anticipated and celebrated a number of changes that are coming to the country….READ MORE >
VERMONT ACCUSED IN LAWSUIT OF TRACKING PREGNANT WOMEN CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE TO BE MOTHERS
A lawsuit filed this week accuses Vermont’s child welfare agency of using baseless allegations about a pregnant woman’s mental health to secretly investigate her and win custody of her daughter before the baby’s birth. The ACLU of Vermont and Pregnancy Justice, a national advocacy group, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday against the Vermont Department for Children and Families….READ MORE >
TRUMP ORDERS EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR THE US HOUSING MARKET
President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling on authorities to ensure that U.S. citizens have access to cheaper housing. “Many Americans are unable to purchase homes due to historically high prices, in part due to regulatory requirements that alone account for 25 percent of the cost of constructing a new home,” said the Jan. 20 order from Trump….READ MORE >
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