President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad.
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Trump Orders JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Files Declassified: ‘Everything Will Be revealed’
President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists Convicted of FACE Act Violations
On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
Trump Administration Reverses Policy To Permit Ice Arrests at Churches
The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
Going From Cemetery Visits to Inauguration Blessings: Priest Forms Bond With President
It’s one of the most unlikely friendships you can imagine, and the way it came about is just as surreal. A retired Brooklyn priest and a president of the United States struck up a relationship because the clergyman took an interest in the president’s family gravesite.
House Impeaches Trump a Second Time; Timeline for Senate Trial Unknown
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for a speech lawmakers said spurred the riot at the U.S. Capitol and making him the first commander in chief to be impeached twice.
If Biden is Declared Winner, How Might He Handle Catholic Issues?
If Joe Biden is certified as the winner of the election and becomes the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 20, Catholics will be looking carefully at the new administration to see how it aligns with their deeply-felt views on issues.
AP Projects Joe Biden as Winner of U.S. Presidential Race, President Trump Is Still Contesting the Results
Joe Biden has been projected as the winner of the presidential race. President Trump refused to concede the election.
Trump Outperforms Biden Among Latinos in Battleground States
President Donald Trump outperformed Joe Biden among Latino voters in key battleground states. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said progressive Democrats had been “sounding the alarm” about Biden’s weaknesses among Latinos for a long. “But,” she tweeted, “the necessary effort simply hasn’t been put in. We have work to do.”