Trump Signs Bill Funding Government for 6 Months, Avoiding a Shutdown

Several Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the bill, which funds the government through the end of the fiscal year. President Donald Trump on March 15 signed a bill into law funding the government through the end of September, avoiding the looming threat of a government shutdown. In a post on the social platform X, White

US Expels South Africa’s Ambassador After Cutting Federal Aid

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting federal aid to South Africa, objecting to its land policy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States is expelling the South African ambassador, saying he is “no longer welcome in our great country.” In a March 14 post on the social media

Weekend Beacon 3/16/25

Last week, while Trump hosted Ireland’s prime minister at the White House, the parish of St. John the Beloved, just across the river, held its annual Irish-Italian cookoff. The competition is closer than you think—one side is a cornucopia of potatoes, corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes (did I mention potatoes?) and the other side is a sea

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Add ‘Dangers of Communism’ Program to High School Curriculum

‘Communism is a cancer, and it always produces the same results: oppression, suffering and death,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Republican lawmakers have reintroduced a piece of legislation that would create a civic education program that directly addresses the history of communism. Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) unveiled the