With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Also: The latest on Pope Francis, a Hamas-Israel deal and a planetary parade.

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Also: The latest on Pope Francis, a Hamas-Israel deal and a planetary parade.

President Donald Trump praises the work of Elon Musk and DOGE; Jane Fonda speaks out at the SAG Awards; Pope Francis continues treatment in a hospital; Western leaders are in Ukraine for the third anniversary of the start of the war with Russia;

Hamas returned the bodies of Israeli hostages; President Donald Trump suggests returning savings from DOGE; the White House will recognize Black History Month today; Pope Francis is

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Cardinal Robert McElroy has criticized the removal of immunity for houses of worship from immigration enforcement, calling it a "deep moral question."

Vice President J.D. Vance led a prayer for Pope Francis and said Catholics shouldn't let political disputes hurt faith in religious leaders.

Most Catholics in the United States voted for Donald Trump, and Catholics occupy prominent positions in his administration — but the proposed policies and actions of MAGA Republicans could not be more remote from fundamental Catholic moral principles.

Trump's Border Czar Slams Pope, Asks Him to "Stick to the Catholic Church" | Firstpost America |N18G Former Trump Border Czar Tom Homan has slammed Pope Francis for criticising the administration's mass deportation policy.