MAIL-ORDER ABORTION TEMPORARILY RESTORED BY SCOTUS
Mifepristone is the first drug in a two-drug regimen used to carry out a chemical abortion. Until recently, the drug could only be dispensed in person, but the Biden administration relaxed several safety measures, including the in-person requirement. This decision made abortion via telemedicine – “tele-abortion” – possible…READ MORE >
WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS HORMUZ PLAN, AS IRAN ATTACKS THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The fragile Middle East truce fumbled Monday, as Iran allegedly attacked the United Arab Emirates, while American forces destroyed six Iranian military boats, as Tehran fired on U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz…READ MORE >
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY CHIDES BIDEN-BUTTIGIEG TEAM FOR SPIRIT AIRLINES DOWNFALL AFTER BLOCKED MERGER
In the growing woes for air travel and passengers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the downfall of Spirit Airlines followed former President Joe Biden’s administration’s decision, alongside former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the U.S. Department of Justice, to block a proposed merger with JetBlue, after the airline ceased operations early Saturday morning and entered liquidation…READ MORE >
VATICAN PUBLISHES 2024 LETTER PROHIBITING FORMAL BLESSINGS FOR HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES IN GERMANY
As it was already circulating on the internet, the Vatican decided to go public with a 2024 letter to the German bishops reiterating that blessings for same-sex couples could not be formalized…READ MORE >
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING $59 MILLION FROM UNEMPLOYMENT PUBLIC BENEFITS
Bruce Jin, 61, of Los Angeles, had pleaded guilty in the case in January 2025, conceding that he and other co-conspirators “conspired to obtain state unemployment compensation funds, and other public funds, through fraudulent means,” the DOJ said in a May 1 statement…READ MORE >
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY APOLOGIZES AFTER DRAG PERFORMANCE MOCKED CATHOLIC LITURGY
The University of Nebraska has issued an apology over a doctoral performance that imitated the Catholic Mass in a drag setting, more than a year after the incident prompted condemnation from Church authorities; the work, staged on April 12, 2025, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln…READ MORE >
POPE LEO SPEAKS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
Pope Leo XIV holds a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council, focusing on the situation in the Middle East, with particular attention to the West Bank and the condition of Christians in southern Lebanon, and also reflecting on his recent Apostolic Journey to Africa…READ MORE >
ISRAELI SETTLERS STORM CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF TAYBEH, ESTABLISH ILLEGAL OUTPOST IN ESCALATING CAMPAIGN OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT
Israeli settlers have stormed the historic Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, establishing an illegal outpost on privately owned land and blocking residents from accessing their own property in what observers are warning is an escalating campaign of forced displacement…READ MORE >
