As House and Senate Republicans gather in Baltimore for their annual retreat this week, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says Democrats will force votes on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposals.
Pope Francis urges Catholic bishops in the United States to open the doors of the Church to immigrants, asserting that “these people will enrich America and its Church. As a Latin American, the Pope apologized for “pleading my own case,” when speaking about the influx of Hispanic immigrants into the United States. He also thanked the bishops for the work they have done for immigrants in this country.
The lockstep media prohibits the discussion of jihad and sharia, in accordance with Islamic law governing speech (do not criticize Islam). An exception is made, of course, when someone in the public eye breaks this universal law of the American press and the Muslim world. Then all hell breaks loose.
Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) invited GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson as his guest to attend Pope Francis’ address to Congress on Thursday. “I appreciate the invitation from Congressman Mark Sanford and am looking forward to hearing the thoughts of the Holy leader,” Carson says.
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said America’s founding fathers would be “outraged” at the state of the nation today.
GOP candidate Carly Fiorina tells People magazine that she won’t slam Hillary Clinton’s character, but would criticize her record as Secretary of State. “So I never make a personal comment about Hillary Clinton – my criticism of her is fact-based, based on her actions and track record. And that is fair game,” Fiorina says.
The Obama administration is launching a pilot program to provide illegal immigrant families released in the U.S. with social workers who could help them access housing, education, medical services and legal assistance. It’s billed as a way to ensure released illegal immigrant families appear for their immigration court dates.
GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is calling out President Obama for telling Pope Francis, “We cherish religious liberty” at the White House on Wednesday. Huckabee posted a vine with the soundbite from Obama stating, “We cherish religious liberty,” during his speech before the Pope addressed the crowd outside the White House.
The quality of baked goods and processed foods is slated to take a hit over the next few years, since the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that trans fats will be phased out of the foods we enjoy. But a new study has exposed the trans fat worry as junk science-based.
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A high-profile gag order filed in the state of Massachusetts by Zoe Quinn, a controversial progressive games developer, against her ex-boyfriend Eron Gjoni, has been vacated. The case raised questions of how far the law can silence individuals on the grounds of
Liberals have waited a good long while for a Pope they could use as a stick to beat conservative Catholics. With Pope Francis, at long last, they have one. So, here are the five reasons politically conservative Catholics fear Francis.
The Jesuit publication America adds that Pope Francis, who is also a Jesuit, “went on to state firmly” that: “My doctrine on all this, on the ‘Laudato Si’ (the encyclical on ‘the common home’), on the economic imperialism, and all that, is the Church’s social doctrine.” When an American journalist reported to the Pope that more than 50 dissidents had been arrested outside the nunciature in Cuba while attempting to meet with the Pope, Francis reportedly responded, “I don’t have any news that that has happened. I don’t have any news…I don’t know directly.”
Raymond Arroyo, news anchor of the largest Catholic cable channel in the world, says that he was struck by how political Pope Francis’ talk at the White House this morning was. He said the Pope’s talk had a political edge.
A new Bloomberg Poll, conducted by legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, finds Hillary Clinton the choice of just 33% of Democrats nationwide. Vice President Joe Biden, who isn’t yet a candidate, is backed by 25% of Democrats. Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is third with 24% support. Clinton’s support is the lowest ever in the race for the Democrat nomination.
Rep. French Hill (R-AR) invited his former high school Physics teacher, Father Lawrence Frederick, to Washington, D.C. this week to see the Pope address Congress on Thursday.
The State Department admits that Hillary Clinton turned over nothing voluntarily to the federal government, despite her legal duty to provide copies of her official emails once she left office. The agency now says it got some emails back from her only after it sent a letter demanding her emails.
If the Democratic Party cares to salvage a sliver of moral authority, its leaders and early state voters need to send Hillary Rodham Clinton an urgent message: Come clean or get out.
Hillary Clinton is gearing up for war against Joe Biden. Though Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has refrained from bashing Biden in public, the competition between the former First Lady and the current vice president has the makings of a steel-cage match. Clinton’s email scandal is starting to have real legal implications for her, and Bernie Sanders is holding his own in New Hampshire. Clinton’s inevitability is gone. The door is open for Joe.
The latest poll out of Florida delivers some bad news for Jeb Bush and even worse news for Hillary Clinton. In his home state, Bush is being crushed by Donald Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, who earns the support of
IRS agent Samuel Garza committed multiple acts of sexual battery against her while conducting an audit of her business, a woman in her fifties who owns a convenience store in Fairview, Tennessee, testified at a dramatic two hour preliminary hearing held on Tuesday in Williamson County General Sessions Court.
Who’d want to buy a VW right now? Me, for one. The VW I currently drive is, by some margin, the most exciting car I’ve ever owned. It’s a Golf Four-Motion which I picked up for a song on Ebay.
To welcome the visit of Pope Francis, the gay-supporting Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a list of demands, though they are couched in the gentler language of “respectfully” asking.
The Hill Reports on House Speaker John Boehner’s possible ouster:
“I want to thank you, not only for being here, but for running for president, ” Stephen Colbert told Donald Trump on The Late Show tonight. “I’m not going to say this stuff writes itself, but you certainly do deliver it on time every day,” added Colbert, who has been feasting on Trump’s candidacy since debuting as host of CBS’s late night show early this month.
President Obama welcomed Pope Francis warmly to the White House today, but he didn’t hold back his attempt to shape the Holy Father’s teachings to fit his own agenda. Obama told Pope Francis of his own experience as a community organizer and his time in Kenya, explaining that “I’ve seen firsthand how, every day, Catholic communities, priests, nuns, and laity feed the hungry, heal the sick, shelter the homeless, educate our children, and fortify the faith that sustains so many.”
