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The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will carry a cross for the entirety of the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, procession celebrated on Good Friday. This Holy Week is Pope Leo’s first as the Archbishop of Rome, as he was elected pope shortly after last year’s Lenten and Easter season in May. Easter marks the holiest holiday for most of the world’s Christians, including Catholics, and Good Friday is typically observed as a solemn day of reflection and prayer marking the day that Jesus was crucified. Throughout the world, Catholics participate in the Via Crucis procession…

American factories expanded activity at the fastest pace in nearly four years in March, shrugging off a war-driven surge in input costs that has dominated headlines but failed to dent the sector’s momentum. The Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing PMI registered 52.7 in March, up from 52.4 in February, marking the third consecutive month of expansion and the strongest reading since 2022. Separately, the S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.3 from 51.6, extending its own expansion streak to eight months. The two surveys, which use different panels and methodologies, converged on the same conclusion: manufacturing is growing, and…

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) claims President Donald Trump’s administration is committing “assaults against immigrants” less than 10 days after 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman was murdered in the Windy City, allegedly at the hands of an illegal alien released into the United States by the Biden administration. During a “No Kings” protest in Chicago, Illinois, over the weekend, Johnson told MS NOW in an interview that Americans must fight the Trump administration on immigration. “We have to end the assaults against immigrants,” Johnson said, among other things. The remark came less than 10 days after Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola…

The president has again vowed to bomb Iran’s power plants and oil facilities unless a deal is reached Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran and the wider turmoil across the Middle East, which continues to be affected by missile and drone strikes from both sides. US President Donald Trump has once again threatened strikes on Iran’s power plants and oil infrastructure unless his demands are met. In his first address to the nation since the US and Israel began their war on Iran, delivered on Wednesday, Trump said the US was “very close” to achieving its military…

Several major sports teams had their social media accounts flooded on Wednesday with vulgar and antisemitic comments for merely wishing their Jewish fans a “Happy Passover.” The Toronto Blue Jays posted a Passover tribute on X that read, “Happy Passover!” That alone was enough to annoy some fans. However, the post also included the Star of David, which enraged some fans even more. Blue Jays fans did not hold back their anger. “Star of david isn’t a jewish symbol from 3000 years ago its a zionist symbol from the early 1900’s you cucks,” one enraged X user wrote. “Ewhh ..…

A federal judge has effectively halted construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom construction project. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon made the decision, granting the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s request for a preliminary injunction. Leon said in the decision that Trump is, indeed, the “steward” of the White House but not the “owner.” Therefore, Trump must obtain congressional approval to continue the project: President Trump (“the President”) claims that Congress has given him authority in existing statutes to construct his East Wing ballroom project and to do it with private funds. The plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic…

President Donald Trump says he will attend, in person, oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Wednesday in the case Trump v. Barbara, which will determine whether the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists have a constitutional right to birthright citizenship. “I’m going,” Trump said when asked about SCOTUS hearing oral arguments in the case on April 1. “I think so, I do believe because I’ve listened to this argument for so long.” “Chinese billionaires and billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children or 59 children in one case…

Democratic Party leaders filed suit Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s attempt to limit voting by mail ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats argue that an executive order Trump signed at the White House on Tuesday, which creates an approved list of absentee voters among other actions, is an unconstitutional interference in the power of states to regulate elections. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Governors Association in suing to challenge the order. “President Trump possesses no…

Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi armed groups and the Houthis in Yemen are helping the Islamic Republic widen the conflict and raise its costs The war’s second ‘ring of fire’ is no longer forming around Iran. It is already there. What we are witnessing is not a limited clash between a state under pressure and its immediate enemies, but the gradual emergence of a wider regional confrontation in which Tehran’s allied forces are moving from symbolic solidarity to practical engagement.In Lebanon, Iraq, and now once again in Yemen, groups aligned with Iran are opening new fronts and making any American or Israeli…

The Lebanese Army on Tuesday withdrew from four border villages, two of them Christian-majority towns whose residents have refused to follow instructions from Israel to evacuate the area while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah. The three villages that lost Lebanese Army coverage were Rmeish, Ain Ibl, and Braasheet in the Bint Jbeil district, plus Beit Yahoun in Nabatieh. Rmeish and Ain Ibl are Christian towns. “The army has indeed withdrawn from Rmeish, and we would have preferred it to stay, but we, as residents of the town, will remain despite the risks. We understand…