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Kristi Noem
Catholic Charities agencies across country cut funding, lay off staff amid funding freeze

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 19, 2025 / 17:40 pm Local Catholic Charities agencies across the country are being forced to lay off staff and weigh shutting down programs in the wake of the Trump administration’s 90-day federal funding freeze. Upon taking office last month, President Donald Trump issued …
U.S., Venezuelan bishops: Ending temporary protected status for migrants ‘counterproductive’

By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 8, 2025 / 08:00 am The bishops of the United States and Venezuela are both opposed to the Trump administration’s looming elimination of temporary protected status (TPS) for recent Venezuelan immigrants. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed this week that it will eliminate the …
ADF implores South Dakota governor to reconsider veto of transgender sports bill

Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2021 / 03:00 pm MT (CNA).- The group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is criticizing South Dakota’s governor for “gutting” a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from playing women’s sports. After Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Friday vetoed House Bill 1217, which clarified that only biological women could …