Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused to call the ongoing influx at the southern border a "crisis," saying that admitting the situation was a crisis would indicate a "withdrawal from our mission."
A nine-year-old girl, daughter of a pastor, was among the six victims of the Nashville Christian school shooting perpetrated by a transgender individual who had previously attended the school.
The report is "not able to fully capture a sudden and dramatic increase in illegal immigration of the kind the country began experiencing starting in 2021."
Two bills proposed by state elected officials would remove the Catholic Church’s right to the “seal of confession” protecting priests’ right to refuse to provide private information divulged during confessionals, and Catholic advocates warn it could be a slippery slope when it comes to protections for religious freedom.