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Washington D.C., May 15, 2017 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would begin implementing an expanded Mexico City Policy, which pro-life leaders hailed as a key step to curtailing abortion funding.The expansion means that more forms of foreign funding will be directed to go to organizations that do not perform or support abortions overseas.“With the implementation of Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, we have officially ceased exporting abortion to foreign nations,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, praised the announcement on Monday.Back in January, President Donald Trump reinstated the “Mexico City Policy” which prohibits U.S. funding of non-government organizations that perform or promote abortions, through family planning funds.The repeal or reinstatement of that policy is typically one of the first actions a new president takes once in office, and is usually a sign of t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Gingrich ProductionsBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will be Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to theHoly See, two U.S. news outlets are reporting.The New York Times and CNN reported May 14 that the official announcement of the nomination is waiting to be approved bythe Office of Government Ethics. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in a May 15 news briefing wouldn't confirm Gingrich's nomination and said "nothing's official until it's announced," when asked about the matter."The answer is we have no personnel announcements," Spicer said during the briefing.Callista Gingrich, 51, a former congressional aide, is the presidentof Gingrich Productions, which produces documentaries as well as other materialsrelated to her husband, Republican Newt Gingrich, who served from 1995 until1999 as the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.In 2010, the company released the film "N...
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man received a 49-year prison sentence Monday for the first-ever conviction on federal hate crime charges arising from the killing of a transgender woman....
BERLIN (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron hit the ground running Monday on his first full day in office by naming a prime minister from the center-right and then flying to Germany, where he and Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to work together to undertake European reforms....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The global cyberattack that took computer files hostage appeared to slow on Monday as authorities worked to catch the extortionists behind it - a difficult task that involves searching for digital clues and following the money....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Does federal law give President Donald Trump broad legal authority to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations?...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration's travel ban discriminates against Muslims and zeroed in on the president's campaign statements, the second time in a week the rhetoric has faced judicial scrutiny....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence, testing the Trump administration's willingness to respond to atrocities, other than chemical weapons attacks, that it blames on President Bashar Assad's government....
ILFRACOMBE, England (AP) -- A young British computer expert credited with cracking the WannaCry cyberattack told The Associated Press he doesn't consider himself a hero but fights malware because "it's the right thing to do."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting last week, The Washington Post reported Monday. The White House rebutted the story, saying no intelligence sources or methods were discussed....
