The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin,” the AP reports.
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Kids Are Far, Far Behind in School
The Atlantic: “Starting in the spring of 2020, school boards and superintendents across the country faced a dreadful choice: Keep classrooms open and risk more COVID-19 deaths, or close schools…
Pentagon Weighs Special Forces to Guard Kyiv Embassy
“U.S. military and diplomatic officials are weighing plans to send special-forces troops to Kyiv to guard the newly reopened embassy there, proposals that would force the Biden administration to balance…
McConnell Declares Victory Over GOP’s Isolationist Wing
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the bipartisan nature of the recent Ukraine aid vote marked a personal victory for him over the isolationist wing of the Republican Party…
Trump Nearly Quit 2016 Presidential Race
Former president Donald Trump considered quitting his first run for the presidency after the notorious recording about him grabbing women surfaced a month before the election, Kellyanne Conway writes in…
Trump to Fundraise for Liz Cheney Challenger
Donald Trump will headline a fundraiser for Rep. Liz Cheney’s Republican primary challenger this week, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Lunch with President Biden
Tom Friedman had an off-the-record lunch with President Biden but had this observation: “Biden didn’t say it in so many words, but he didn’t have to. I could hear it…
Quote of the Day
“Interesting, all these people telling me what to do, and they just got here.” — Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on criticism that the Democratic…
The Two Parties Are Either ‘Weak’ or ‘Extreme’
CBS News Poll: “For starters, the Democratic Party — which controls Congress and the presidency — is not seen by a majority as either ‘effective’ or ‘in touch,’ which are,…
America’s Mood Is Uneasy and Worried
CBS News Poll: “Amid continued inflation and stock market declines, large majorities describe their mood as such, and the percentage who call the economy bad has hit highs for the…
Trump Tells Allies Abortion Could Hurt His 2024 Chances
Former President Donald Trump is worried about his chances in the 2024 presidential election amid the wrath of “suburban women” furious about the expected gutting of Roe v. Wade, Rolling…
Ten Years of Failure on Gun Control
Washington Post: “Since Sandy Hook, the nation has experienced more than 3,500 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that tracks gun violence and defines a…
Trump’s 2020 Election Lies Have Gripped State Legislatures
“At least 357 sitting Republican legislators in closely contested battleground states have used the power of their office to discredit or try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential…
Inflation Costing U.S. Households $341 a Month
CNBC: “Consumer prices rose 8.3% in April from a year ago. As a result, U.S. households are spending an additional $341 a month to purchase the same goods and services…
‘Megadrought’ Threatens Millions in U.S.
Financial Times: “The ‘megadrought’ gripping the southwestern US has driven water levels at the two largest reservoirs to record lows, forcing unprecedented government intervention to protect water and power supplies…
Tracing Hunter Biden’s Laptop
CBS News: “What’s known about the chain of custody of the laptop in the photograph shared by Hunter Biden’s lawyer begins in February 2019, when Hunter Biden left it at…
U.S. Exploring Monkeypox Vaccines
“President Biden said Sunday that the United States is looking into what vaccines might be available to protect people against monkeypox — saying that ‘everybody’ should be concerned as an…
Mo Brooks Makes an Unlikely Comeback
“Two months ago, Rep. Mo Brooks, whose hard-right credentials were unblemished, seemed to be imploding in the Alabama Republican Senate race,” the New York Times reports. “Under a rain of…
Herschel Walker Lied About His Work with Veterans
“Herschel Walker, the football legend and leading Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, often boasts of his work helping service members and veterans struggling with mental health,” the AP reports. “But…
Guide Faces Jail for ‘Baiting’ Bear for Donald Trump Jr.
A hunting guide in Utah is facing felony charges after being accused of illegally baiting a bear for Donald Trump Jr. to hunt in May 2018, the Salt Lake Tribune…
Russia Bans Nearly 1,000 Americans But Not Trump
“Russia permanently banned nearly 1,000 Americans, including President Biden and Vice President Harris, from entering the country in response to the United States’ support of Ukraine and the historic sanctions…
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