(OSV News) — Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow …
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Washington roundup: Biden drops in polling; high court rules on presidential immunity
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure on whether he would remain a candidate in the 2024 election, even as he signaled his intent to remain in …
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President Biden says it would take ‘the Lord Almighty’ to get him to drop out of presidential race
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — President Joe Biden said he had a “bad night” due to a cold in his first televised interview since his performance at a debate raised concerns about …
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CRS calls House version of foreign spending bill ‘inconsistent’ with US ‘values, interests’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as …
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Pro-lifers ask delegates not to change Republican platform on abortion
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Amid reports that members of the Republican National Committee are poised to change its written stance on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, …
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Trump widens lead after Biden’s poor debate performance, NY Times/Siena poll finds
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump widened his lead over President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race after the incumbent delivered a poor debate performance that raised …
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Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas’ religious freedom act
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants. The …
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Supreme Court’s Chevron doctrine ruling impacts federal agencies’ regulatory power
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court on June 28 overturned a legal doctrine known as Chevron deference, reducing the regulatory power of federal agencies — some of which have …
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Biden, Trump spar over abortion, migrants in first presidential debate
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, participated in the first general election debate of the 2024 cycle on …
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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules proposed Catholic charter school unconstitutional
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled June 25 the state’s charter school contract with the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual School was in violation of state laws, the …