Tag: US politics

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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church

Donald Trump’s attacks this week on Pope Leo, for his criticism of the US attack on Iran and the US president’s decision to post...

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‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts

Nicholas Enrich was working in Kenya in 2003 when the then US president George W Bush signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat...

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War isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration | Dave Schilling

I’m not a particularly religious person, even though everyone tells me how cool believing in God is now. Every so often, we get a...

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‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope

Maryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible study with a group of Catholic women in Decatur, Georgia, in a space they try to...

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US Congress passes 10-day extension of surveillance law amid Republican infighting

Both chambers of Congress voted in quick succession on Friday to pass a brief 10-day extension of a controversial warrantless surveillance law after Republican...

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‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’?

During Donald Trump’s first term, as his lies distorted reality and gaslighted Americans, Stephen Colbert said his goal was to remind his audience: “Hey,...

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