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The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “quietly released” tens of millions of dollars in previously frozen Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates and other abortion facilities in December, Politico reported Jan. 13.As CatholicVote previously reported, the Trump administration in April 2025 froze roughly $27.5 million in federal family planning grants to organizations, including Planned Parenthood, while it reviewed whether recipients had used taxpayer funds to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.According to Politico, the funds were restored in December 2025, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to drop a lawsuit seeking...

As allies met in Paris to firm up security guarantees for Ukraine, the presence of peace envoys sent by Donald Trump offered hope that the US was still listening to the EU despite the president's threats to annex Greenland. "We have largely finished the security protocols," said Steve Witkoff, one of the two emissaries, as he stood alongside the leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Ukraine at the presidential palace in Paris. "This is important so that when this war ends, it ends forever," he said. Even as France and the UK inked their resolve to deploy troops to...

[Catholic/Anglican] Why Today’s Men Are Repulsed By the Mainstream Catholic ChurchOne of the most devastating realities about the Catholic Church today is that men are generally repulsed by what they see, beginning in their local parishes and all the way up to the Vatican.Merely looking at some of the prominent aspects of the “mainstream church” today, we can understand why this is: flamboyant priests like Fr. James Martin are rewarded by the Vatican while good men like Bishop Joseph Strickland are banished; rather than finding the firm and immutable religion of the saints, we find an amorphous set of nice...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider asks Pope Leo XIV for authoritative document to protect Latin MassBishop Athanasius Schneider suggested Pope Leo pen an apostolic constitution to ensure long-term legal stability for the Traditional Latin Mass and establish liturgical peace.Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said he proposed the promulgation of an apostolic constitution to regulate the coexistence of the traditional Latin Mass and the post-conciliar Roman rite to Pope Leo XIV.On January 14, Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan, stated in an interview published by the Cofraternity of Our Lady of Fatima that he personally suggested to Pope Leo the issuance of...

🚨 HOMAN drops the hammer: ‘We’re creating a database of people interfering with ICE. We’ll make ‘em famous, put their faces on TV, notify their employers, neighborhoods, and schools. Bet a lot of bosses don’t know what they’re up to!’ Make’m famous!

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PHOENIX — Kyrsten Sinema is being sued by a woman who alleged that the former U.S. senator from Arizona had an affair with her husband and broke up her marriage.

EuroNews reports that a collection of Iron Age objects was unearthed during an archaeological investigation conducted ahead of a construction project in the East of England. A nearly complete Celtic battle trumpet, or carnyx, and parts of a second one were found in the hoard, in addition to a bronze boar head from a military standard and five shield bosses. "The carnyces and the boar-headed standard are styles well known on the continent and remind us that communities in Britain were well connected to a wider European world at the time," said Fraser Hunter of National Museums Scotland. To read...

The @FBI and partners have arrested Georgio James-Jones out of Minneapolis - the individual who allegedly destroyed federal property and smashed windows attempting to breach the Minneapolis Courthouse in recent days. As we’ve said repeatedly - if you attack law enforcement, impede their operations, or engage in violent destructive behavior, this FBI will find you and bring you to justice. Great work @FBIMinneapolis.

Police arrested a woman who had worked for three weeks at the Rocking Horse Ranch childcare center in the death of 11-month-old Harvey Muklebust. Theah Loudemia Russell, 18, is in custody and expected to be charged soon for second-degree unintentional murder, Savage Police Chief Brady Juell and Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference at Savage City Hall. Following months of investigation, Russell admitted to suffocating the child, which resulted in his death, Juell said. Russell also faces several counts of first degree assault for attempting the same on another infant at the daycare center...

She doxed ICE agent Jonathan Ross who lives in her neighborhood, then the internet turned on her and doxed her.

According to a statement released by the University of Edinburgh, analysis of tooth enamel samples collected from the remains of people buried in England between the end of Roman rule in Britain around A.D. 400 and the arrival of the Normans around 1100 indicates that migration to the island was continuous throughout the period. Tooth enamel is laid down during childhood and carries chemical markers of the local environment. Sam Leggett of the University of Edinburgh, Susanne Hakenbeck of the University of Cambridge, and their colleagues examined more than 700 chemical signatures in the samples, and determined that people came...

A Democrat judge has released a Chicago man with 57 prior arrests after he pleaded guilty to using a metal bar to smash a man’s jaw in a sneak attack.

A Cuban citizen faces a felony charge after federal officials say he rammed his vehicle into two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles in San Antonio on Tuesday, injuring an ICE officer.Robyn Argote Brooks was being detained by ICE officers when he "weaponized his vehicle against federal law enforcement officials and rammed two ICE vehicles with his car," according to a Thursday news release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Argote Brooks was arrested on a charge of destruction of government property, according to a federal criminal complaint. The complaint alleges he caused nearly $5,000 in damage to one of...

If you ever want to get an interesting – sometimes shocking – glimpse of today’s culture, try reading the advice columns that populate many of the nation’s newspapers. A letter to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column caught my eye today. The letter writer explained that a friend (“Chrissy”) in her late 30s was still dealing with the effects of her parents’ divorce, roughly 25 years after it had happened. Chrissy’s “heart was irrevocably broken, and she lost all trust in relationships,” which, of course, made the idea of a long-term commitment difficult for her to navigate.The writer of this letter, also...

Embark on a fascinating journey through Scotland's genetic history, spanning 12,000 years! Discover how waves of migration - from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Vikings and Normans - have shaped Scottish DNA. Learn about groundbreaking studies revealing unexpected connections to Siberian tribes and North African genes. We'll explore regional genetic clusters, the origins of Scottish surnames, and even uncover some royal DNA! Scotland's Ancient DNA Revealed | 16:49 The History Hub | 165K subscribers | 1,137,164 views | September 15, 2024 dna scotland [YouTube search]

Video Transcript Russia, and prepare yourselves because this is the global headline, Russia is actively considering the use of nuclear weapons against Europe. Not against Kiev, against Europe. Specifically, the UK and Germany. Just taking out the UK and Germany with nuclear weapons. That's a fact. Now, we're going to explain why we know that that's true in a moment. And at the end of this open, we're going to play an interview we did a few hours ago with a man called Sergei Karnagov, who is a longtime political advisor to Vladimir Putin and one of the most famous...

Ten British "far-right activists" have been banned from France after engaging in actions to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, the French interior ministry said on Wednesday. It said the activists, who belonged to a group called Raise the Colours, had been searching for and destroying small boats along France's northern coast, and were involved in "propaganda activity". Authorities have not released their identities. In a statement, Raise the Colours said it had always maintained that its activities must remain peaceful and within the law and it "does not support violence or any unlawful activity". The ministry...

A new Yahoo/YouGov poll finds Americans split over whether they approve (40%) or disapprove (38%) of the U.S. military operation that toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. Nearly a quarter (22%) say they’re unsure how to feel.But the public is much more certain about what they want — or rather, don’t want — to happen next. With Maduro gone, President Trump has said that the United States is "going to run the country” of Venezuela from afar, insisting that "we’re in charge" now.“Only time will tell” how long U.S. control of Venezuela lasts, the president mused in a...

(The Center Square) – A major American medical device manufacturer is investing $110 million to expand production in Nebraska as part of an effort to restore pharmaceutical manufacturing and improve domestic supply chains. Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) announced this week that it will expand its facility in Columbus, Nebraska, to increase production of prefillable syringes used in biologic drugs, including GLP-1 weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy. The investment is expected to create about 120 new jobs, according to a press release from the company. The expansion comes as the Trump administration has urged pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers...