Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, a spokesperson for the vice president said, in a rare meeting after the two men have tangled sharply over immigration and the Trump administration’s plans to deport migrants en masse. Francis has made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy and his
The liberal-run city has had four different mayors in a four-month period after Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled this November and subsequently indicted on eight counts of bribery.
More than 75,000 workers accepted the buyout program, which was part of efforts to shrink the size of the federal bureaucracy. Shortly after taking office, the Trump administration offered federal employees a deal many couldn’t refuse: resign voluntarily and receive full benefits and paid leave lasting until September. More than 75,000 workers eventually accepted the
When a book’s dust jacket describes its author as an “award-winning investigative reporter” and the author begins by describing his work as “an investigative history of the modern Roman Catholic Church,” readers might expect that, by the end of the book, something strikingly new would have been revealed. But in this case (to borrow from
Jonathan Rauch is asking all the right questions. “Why should secular Americans, including many who feel they have a beef with organized religion, care about the state of Christian America?” for one. For another, “What happens to our liberal democracy if American Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions
REVIEW: ‘Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist’ by Liz Pelly Countless luxuries have become such commonplaces that we thoughtlessly forget them. We can control the temperature of our rooms with the click of a button, get deliveries of fresh food right to our door, and we have basically
Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois officials remain reluctant to approve the measure.