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March 27, 2019 - Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ann Wagner and Rep. Dan Crenshaw at a press conference to announce the New Parents Act.

New family leave bill will offer 'maximum flexibility,' legislators say

Mar 27, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Congressional lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow parents to access Social Security benefits early in order to take... Read more

Senator Marco Rubio addresses a crowd in Iowa, Jan. 2016.

Senators want study of 'non-compete' deals in low-wage jobs

Mar 7, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

A bipartisan group of senators have written to the Government Accountability Office asking it to examine the use of non-compete... Read more

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Born-Alive Abortion Survivors bill fails to beat Senate filibuster

Feb 25, 2019

The Senate voted of 53 to 44 to invoke cloture on Monday, but fell short of the two-thirds majority needed... Read more

A woman holds a cartoon of Nicolas Maduro during opposition rally.

In leaked letter to 'Mr. Maduro,' Pope Francis reiterates call for peace

Feb 13, 2019

By Courtney Mares

On Feb. 13, the Milan daily newspaper Corriere Della Sera published a report saying that the pope had written to... Read more

Sen. Marco Rubio.

Rubio: Blocking aid to Venezuela is a 'crime against humanity'

Feb 8, 2019

By Ed Condon

Sen. Marco Rubio has called the humanitarian and political impasse in Venezuela “unsustainable,” and compared blocking food and medical aid... Read more

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Katie Chihoski, a student at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, eats with her baby, Lucia, on her lap in the company of fellow students. Chihoski is among the first students to benefit from a new initiative at the Catholic college called the Saint Teresa of Calcutta Community for Mothers, which provides free babysitting and other material support for young mothers on campus.

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Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

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President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus on April 23, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey walks across the campus of St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts, on April 9, 2024.

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The Vatican ambassador to Colombo, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (third from left) and Sri Lanka's Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (fourth from left) take part in a remembrance service during the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks at St. Anthony Church in Colombo on April 21, 2024.

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Archbishop Luis Argüello and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

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