About one-fourth of U.S. Latino voters strongly support President Trump. The positive direction of the economy is a major reason for their approval, writes J.D. Long-García.
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Trump’s California funding threat over abortion puts nuns in unexpected spot
In a Jan. 24 notice, the administration threatened to cut off federal health care funding if California didn’t comply with a law known as the Weldon Amendment.
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Catholic health professionals criticize Trump’s 2021 proposed budget cuts to Medicaid
The president’s proposal, released on Monday, extends the tax cuts he signed in 2017 for a decade, increases spending on defense and veterans’ affairs, cuts foreign aid and makes significant cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid and programs created by the Affordable Care Act.
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Bishops applaud Trump administration’s support for school choice proposal
Bishops Barber and Fitzgerald issued the statement expressing appreciation for the administration’s commitment to parental choice in education following a visit by Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Philadelphia.
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The Editors: Impeachment failed, but the separation of powers is still worth fighting for
In the impeachment and trial of President Trump, institutional self-interest was insufficient to overcome partisan self-interest.
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Trump takes jabs at political opponents during National Prayer Breakfast
When the president arrived Thursday morning (Feb. 6), he stood before the applauding crowd and held aloft a newspaper emblazoned with a headline announcing his acquittal by the U.S. Senate from impeachment charges.
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U.S. Bishops and Catholic hospitals denounce Trump’s plan for Medicaid
“It is unacceptable for the federal government to walk away from its shared commitment under the Medicaid program to ensure care for all low-income and vulnerable individuals in our country,” reads a statement released on Jan. 31 by the Catholic Health Association, the domestic justice committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA.
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Palestinians say Trump peace plan does not bode well for the future
Trump proposed the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements, creating Israeli enclave communities in the heart of the West Bank while promising the possibility of a future independent Palestinian state under certain conditions.
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John O. Brennan, former C.I.A. director, criticizes Suleimani killing at Fordham Law
John O. Brennan, former C.I.A. director and a vociferous critic of President Trump, said at Fordham Law on Jan. 30 that the U.S. drone strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani had no clear legal basis.
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Key points in Trump’s Mideast peace plan
The peace plan would leave most of annexed east Jerusalem, including its Old City and holy sites, under Israeli control while allowing the Palestinians to establish a capital on the outskirts of the city outside Israel’s separation barrier.