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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- President Donald Trump is lashing out at a judge's ruling blocking his attempt to strip funds from "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities, calling it "ridiculous" and vowing to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's team boasted Wednesday that its tax-cut plan would lighten Americans' financial burdens, ignite economic growth and vastly simplify tax filing....
They are young and old: a high school student who can't yet vote, a Vietnam vet who did so proudly. They hail from all corners of the United States and very different walks of life: a "downhome boy" from Kentucky, a third-generation Mexican-American from Texas, a stay-at-home mom in Pennsylvania, an Iranian immigrant in Los Angeles....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration told lawmakers Wednesday it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, as an extraordinary White House briefing served to tamp down talk of military action against an unpredictable and increasingly dangerous U.S. adversary....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dismissing concerns about ballooning federal deficits, President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed dramatic tax cuts for U.S. businesses and individuals - outlining an overhaul his administration promises will spur economic growth and simplify America's tangle of tax code rules....
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas' aggressive effort to execute condemned inmates is set to conclude Thursday after the state Supreme Court refused to halt the execution of a man who killed a former deputy prison warden following an escape....
Vatican City, Apr 26, 2017 / 12:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Former NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh, now head coach for the University of Michigan football team, is also a Roman Catholic – and he said Wednesday that faith plays a major role in his life.“The role that (faith) plays in my life is in the priorities that I have,” he said April 26, “faith, then family, then football.”Coach Harbaugh spoke to CNA following a general audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square April 26. He and his wife, Sarah, greeted Francis following the audience and presented him with a gift from the team – a University of Michigan helmet and pair of cleats.The helmet included both the Italian and American flags and a little cross by the chinstrap. The Pope gave Harbaugh “some marching orders,” the coach said, “he told me to pray for him.”Following the encounter, Harbaugh and his family and the University of Michigan football team were hosted...
IMAGE: NS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As someone accustomed to the stress ofthe gridiron, University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh said hewas touched by Pope Francis' peaceful presence. "The way he talks is peaceful, it's calm. It felt like this is what itwould be like to meet Jesus Christ. That's what it felt like to me. It was veryemotional," the coach told journalists April 26.Harbaugh and his wife, Sarah, briefly greeted the popefollowing his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square earlier that day. "I said, 'Buenos dias, Santo Padre' ('Good morning,Holy Father'), and then my wife came in and told him that she loved him. Heheld her hand and prayed and asked that we pray for him," Harbaughrecalled. The coach and his wife presented the pope with a Michiganfootball helmet along with a pair of size-10 Air Jordan sneakers in the football team's maize and blue colors.Harbaugh said the pope smiled and graciously accepted ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tanya Connor, The Catholic Free PressBy Tanya ConnorWORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- Thecongregation, numbering about 50, gathered for their last Easter Mass together onthe DCU Center's arenafloor.The chaplain, Father George "Jerry"Hogan, borrowed one of their colorful boxes to use as an altar. Thealtar cloths and his chasuble sported circus images. Costume designers had sewnpieces of old elephant blankets together to make his stole.The backdrop suggested thereason for such an unusual liturgical environment: The Ringling Bros. andBarnum & Bailey Circus had come to town to offer shows on Good Friday, HolySaturday and Easter Sunday.But it isn't all "fun and games"for performers and other circus workers, some of whom attended the Mass before theEaster shows. While "they've always performed during Holy Week," they arenow going through the paschal mystery themselves, Father Hogan told TheCatholic Free Press, newspaper of the Diocese of Worcester.The Ringling circus was near...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump "has no intention" of releasing his taxes returns to the public, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Wednesday, asserting Americans have "plenty of information" about the president's financial matters....
