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Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The imposing Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers. Now, its mostly immigrant congregation is steeped in fear.
Church leaders say more than 40 members of their parish have been detained, deported or both since feder ... (full story)
Worship leader Sean Feucht mismanaged millions in ministry funds, former associates say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The star of Sean Feucht — once a little-known conservative Christian worship leader and musician — began to climb in 2020 as he challenged government restrictions brought on by the coronavirus' tightening grip on the world.
At well-attended protest concerts that brazenly flouted social distan ... (full story)
Trump wants to cancel more funding during the shutdown. Courts have hampered his earlier efforts
Congress has the constitutional power of the purse, but President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive authority is testing even that basic tenet of U.S. democracy.
His administration has already canceled or threatened to cancel billions of dollars of previously approved federal spending and now wants to go after even mo ... (full story)
'We have to be good or ICE will get us': Takeaways from Chicago children caught in immigration raids
CHICAGO (AP) — Just before noon on a sunny Friday early last month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children's play cafe.
Parents, teachers and caretakers rushed to shield children from the chaos, and have been grappling ever since w ... (full story)
Backing Israel was considered mandatory for New York politicians. Then came Zohran Mamdani
NEW YORK (AP) — A few weeks before his stunning loss to Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forth a political calculus long accepted as fact in New York: "Being a Democrat," he said, "it's synonymous that you support Israel."
Mamdani, who would be the city's fi ... (full story)