SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Pius V
PENTAGON SAYS COST OF IRAN WAR REACHED $25 BILLION IN FIRST TWO MONTHS
The hearing that was held on Wednesday denoted the first time Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine have testified in public to Congress since U.S. and Israeli forces started the attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. Both sides traded fire for about five and a half weeks before the parties agreed to a temporary truce on April 8…READ MORE >
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES RECEIVED $90 MILLION IN ALLEGED ILLEGAL COVID LOANS DURING BIDEN ERA
Sen. Joni Ernst said that Planned Parenthood affiliates received the funds via the Paycheck Protection Program, meant for nonprofits as aid during the pandemic. She uncovered the payments as part of her broader push to probe alleged fraud tied to COVID-19 relief programs and recover taxpayer money.
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JUDGE RULES WASHINGTON STATE LAW THAT FORCES CHRISTIAN PARENTS TO ADOPT LGBT IDEOLOGY MAY BE DISCRIMINATORY
A Christian couple in Washington State advanced in its fight to remain as licensed foster parents and shun gender ideology, when a federal court in Washington rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the pair who say they were denied an unrestricted foster license by the state because they wouldn’t adhere to LGBT ideology…READ MORE >
JUDGE RELEASES JAMES COMEY AFTER COURT APPEARANCE DUE TO ALLEGED CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP
Patrick Fitzgerald, Comey’s attorney, believes the case is a rancorous prosecution and that Comey is being castigated for exercising his First Amendment rights. But Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche denied Fitzgerald’s comments, saying on Wednesday that Trump didn’t order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file more charges against Comey…READ MORE >
CHRISTIAN IDF SOLDIERS MEET NETANYAHU AMID RISING TENSIONS
The meeting was held at a time when Israel faces mounting criticism over the country’s treatment of Christians in both Israel and south Lebanon…READ MORE >
REPORT: US SEEKS COALITION TO HELP REOPEN HORMUZ SHIPPING
As traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has stalled following a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, the Trump administration is urging countries to join a new coalition to allow ships to navigate one of the world’s most vital oil transit chokepoints…READ MORE >
TRUMP APPEALS JUDGE’S ORDER UPENDING KENNEDY’S VACCINE POLICIES
The Department of Justice filed a notice of its plans to appeal Boston-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s March 16 ruling, which also found that a vaccine advisory panel whose members were handpicked by Kennedy was unlawfully constituted…READ MORE >
VIEWS VARY AMONG PROMINENT U.S. CATHOLIC CLERGY ON ‘JUST WAR’ PRONOUNCEMENTS
Bishop Robert Barron and Father Gerald Murray are two of the U.S. Church’s most prominent public figures contending that it’s not the role of the Church’s leaders to make a final determination about whether a particular war is just or not…READ MORE >
