Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have signed onto an interfaith effort opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda on taxes and immigration, calling it a "moral failure."
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 limited the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a case concerning the Trump administration's executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or temporary visa holders, without addressing whether or not the order itself is constitutional.
A leading Catholic immigration expert expressed outrage over the Supreme Court's June 23 ruling allowing the Trump administration to remove immigrants who lack legal authorization to live and work in the U.S., to countries not specifically identified in their removal orders -- known as "third-country removals" -- without advance notice.
A provision in a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda would block states from regulating artificial intelligence for the next 10 years.
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran seemed to be holding after President Donald Trump expressed frustration June 24 with both countries, telling reporters at the White House that initially Iran violated the deal but "Israel violated it too."Israel and Iran both violated a ceasefire agreement, President Donald Trump said June 24, a significant setback to his attempt at ending the conflict.
The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including that between Israel and Iran.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA are among more than 200 non-governmental organizations named in a congressional probe for aiding immigrants its leaders call "inadmissible aliens" during former President Joe Biden's administration.
The Trump administration announced June 3 that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortions in emergency circumstances even in states that banned the procedure.
As Harvard University battles a Trump administration ban on international students, the head of the school's Catholic chaplaincy has a message for those affected.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance May 20 met Louis Prevost, the older brother of Pope Leo XIV, and his wife, Deborah Prevost, at the White House.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments May 15 over the Trump administration's executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or temporary visa holders, and whether federal judges could properly block that order.
