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A bloc of 32 House Republicans is pressuring their party’s leadership to uphold strict fiscal constraints as Congress moves to draft the sweeping legislative package underpinning former President Donald J. Trump’s domestic agenda.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the lawmakers, led by Representative Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania, vice chair of the House Budget Committee, demanded that any reconciliation bill adhere to the (more…)

We have a new pope, folks.

White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, indicating that 133 cardinals who have been sequestered for two days have elected a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

A large crowd in St. Peter's Square in Vatican city cheered as the white smoke billowed from the chimney.

The conclave was the first in 12 years, after Pope Francis' death in April.

The identity of the new pope will (more…)

Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times,

President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked the state secrets privilege as a federal court probes for information surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El (more…)