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Bishops Receive a Caution Over Communion Penalty

Letter from Vatican sets up steps before withholding sacrament from Biden

(Newser) - The head of the Vatican's doctrine office is warning US bishops to deliberate carefully and minimize divisions before proceeding with any plan to rebuke Roman Catholic politicians such as President Biden for receiving Communion even though they support abortion rights. The strong words of caution came in a letter...

Oldest Supreme Court Justice Under Pressure to Retire
Oldest Supreme Court Justice
Under Pressure to Retire
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May 8, 2021 2:30 PM CDT

Oldest Supreme Court Justice Under Pressure to Retire

Some want Stephen Breyer, 82, to clear way for younger liberal

(Newser) - President Biden could have a Supreme Court seat to fill come summer. There is "immense urgency" among progressive Democrats for liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who was nominated to the court by President Clinton in 1994, to retire after the court wraps up its current term around the end of...

ICE Deportations Hit Lowest Point on Record

Biden administration emphasizes catching criminals

(Newser) - Although illegal crossings into the US are still at elevated levels, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported fewer people in April than in any month on record. According to preliminary figures, 2,962 immigrants were deported last month, a 20% drop from March. It was the first time the monthly total...

Late Night Jokes Flow Over This Presidential Photo

They 'look like a ventriloquist act,' quips Seth Meyers

(Newser) - To mark President Biden's 100th day in office, he and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden paid a visit to a couple who know a lot about what they're going through: Former President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. Last Thursday's meeting at the Carters' home in Plains, Ga....

Biden Sets New Vaccination Goal
Biden Sets New
Vaccination Goal
May 4, 2021 2:50 PM CDT

Biden Sets New Vaccination Goal

President wants 70% of adults to have a dose by July 4

(Newser) - President Biden on Tuesday issued some new targets on the vaccine front: His new goal is 70% of the adult population having had at least one shot by July 4. The administration also wants to see 160 million Americans fully vaccinated by then. Despite the decline in vaccination pace, the...

Photo of Bidens, Carters Looks a Little ... Off

Bidens look enormous and the Carters tiny, but a wide-angle lens probably explains it

(Newser) - The Bidens visited the Carters last week, and the Carters tweeted a photo of the get-together on Monday. People on the internet have been scratching their heads over it ever since, notes Yahoo News . The current occupants of the White House look downright enormous in comparison to Jimmy and Rosalynn...

Biden Completes Flip on Refugee Cap

Because of Trump cutbacks, government won't fill all spots this year

(Newser) - After first deciding to leave the nation's cap on refugees allowed into the US where it was, President Biden announced Monday that as many as 62,500 can enter the country in the next six months. The limit applies to people seeking to escape war, violence, or natural disasters,...

Still Jailed Over Media Leak, Reality Winner Turns to Biden
Reality Winner Wants Biden
Answer on 'Glaring Discrepancy'
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May 1, 2021 12:08 PM CDT

Reality Winner Wants Biden Answer on 'Glaring Discrepancy'

Jailed for leaking intel report, she wants to know why she's behind bars for longer than Russian spy

(Newser) - Reality Winner, who's been behind bars for nearly four years , is set to be released from prison at the end of November, with a chance she could be sent to a halfway house before that. But the 29-year-old Air Force veteran—who leaked a classified National Security Agency report...

After More Than 3 Years in Prison, 'Citgo 6' on House Arrest

Venezuela has partially released US oil executives in 'gesture of goodwill' to Biden administration

(Newser) - In November, six American oil executives were found guilty of corruption and given lengthy prison sentences in Venezuela, following a detention that had already stretched out for three years. Now, a bit of a reprieve for the "Citgo 6," in what the AP reports is a "gesture...

In Georgia, Bidens Stop By Carters&#39;
In Georgia, Bidens
Stop By Carters'
Apr 29, 2021 7:00 PM CDT

In Georgia, Bidens Stop By Carters'

Tour to build support for agenda includes drive-in rally

(Newser) - In Georgia to build support for the plans he announced the night before to Congress, President Biden stopped to visit a predecessor on Thursday. Biden and his wife, Jill, visited former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, at their home in Plains, the New York Times reports. Carter, 96,...

Bishops Could Vote on Biden Taking Communion

President's support for abortion rights bothers some in the church

(Newser) - President Biden presents a dilemma to some Catholic bishops. He's demonstrative about his faith, attending Mass regularly and saying the rosary when he has a moment of solitude. But Biden supports abortion rights, which the Catholic Church opposes. That difference will come up for discussion by the US Conference...

Biden's Stock Market Start Is a Milestone Since FDR

S&P up 10%, best 100-day performance at beginning of presidential term in decades

(Newser) - When the stock market closes on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reports that President Biden will have some bragging rights—the best 100-day start for a president since FDR. The benchmark S&P 500 is up 10% since Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, second only to Franklin Delano Roosevelt'...

Biden Picks Up a Nickname After Ambitious Speech
Biden Picks Up a Nickname
After Ambitious Speech
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Apr 29, 2021 11:00 AM CDT

Biden Picks Up a Nickname After Ambitious Speech

Drudge calls him 'Biden Hood,' and Politico makes a similar Robin Hood reference

(Newser) - One thing his supporters and detractors can agree on after President Biden's address to Congress Wednesday night: He went big. As in, Biden spoke of nearly $2 trillion in spending to fund an expansion of government's role in the lives of Americans, along with hefty taxes on the...

'No President's Ever Said Those Words' From the Podium

Harris, Pelosi made history as first 2 women behind a president during address

(Newser) - "Thank you all—Madame Speaker, Madame Vice President," President Biden said at the start of his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. He added: "From this podium, no president's ever said those words—and it's about time." Vice President Kamala...

What Biden Said, and More From His Speech to Congress
Biden's Speech to Congress,
and the Reactions to It
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Apr 29, 2021 12:14 AM CDT

Biden's Speech to Congress, and the Reactions to It

For first time, address delivered before a female VP, female House speaker

(Newser) - President Biden addressed Congress for the first time since taking office Wednesday night, calling for America "to do more than just build back. We have to build back better." How so: by making sure corporations and the wealthiest 1% of Americans are paying their fair share, CNN reports....

Biden to Lay Out Fundamental Changes

Address to Congress will be a scaled-back event

(Newser) - President Biden will outline a sweeping series of proposals to use the power of government to solve problems and create opportunity when he addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. He'll ask members of both parties to support a broadening of support and benefits for Americans, paid...

We Thought Biden Would Be Boring. Instead, He's 'Transformational'

BBC correspondent says Biden's first 100 days have been an ambitious statement of intent

(Newser) - White House press briefings are a "snoozefest" these days, says BBC correspondent Jon Sopel, who likens the transition from the Trump to Biden administrations to "going from a daily crack pipe to a small bottle of low-alcohol beer once a week"—but the Biden presidency itself has...

Biden Offers Free Preschool, Community College
Biden Offers
Free Preschool,
Community College
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 28, 2021 8:12 AM CDT

Biden Offers Free Preschool, Community College

Sweeping 'American Families Plan' expected to cost $1.8T over 10 years

(Newser) - Students would get four extra years of paid education under the White House's new $1.8 trillion spending and tax plan, which would also provide paid family and medical leave for US workers. The "American Families Plan" may irk not only Republicans, but progressive Democrats, too. Here's...

How a False Story of a Biden Burger Ban Got Started

Biden's climate plan says nothing about holding the beef, despite story about a study

(Newser) - First, the Daily Mail ran a story—along with a colorful graphic and a photo of a double cheeseburger—about what President Biden's plan to attack climate change "could" require Americans to spend and give up. Everyone might be required to buy a $55,000 electric car, install...

Armenian Americans Worked for This for Decades
Armenian Americans
Worked for This for Decades
photos
Apr 24, 2021 4:30 PM CDT

Armenian Americans Worked for This for Decades

The genocide 'is my family's story,' one woman says

(Newser) - Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was different this year, after President Biden recognized the killings carried out by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century constituted genocide—ending decades of disappointment and broken promises for Armenian Americans. Hundreds of people dressed in black visited a hilltop monument in Montebello, east...

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