Pope Francis’s funeral is slated to begin early Saturday in Rome as Catholics mourn the loss of their leader and prepare for the conclave to replace him. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re will preside over Francis’s funeral in St. Peter’s Square and is expected to deliver the eulogy. Francis died earlier this week from heart failure…
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The Kennedy Center has canceled events celebrating LGBTQ+ people for the World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump's takeover.
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A Trump administration executive order that would strip most federal workers of union protections was temporarily blocked a federal judge on Friday.
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One of the several women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking died on Friday at the age of 41. Virginia Giuffre was pronounced dead by suicide at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist…
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Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.” “The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It’s the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox…
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