RANSOM // We knew this was true, but now they’ve admitted it. The State Department said that the $400 million payment to Iran was contingent on the release of American prisoners. http://cvote.it/2b0gXZp
2016 // Looks like Trump’s new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is making some big changes. Donald Trump has long been known to never back down and never apologize. But last night, he expressed regret over sometimes saying the ‘wrong thing.’ Trump said: “Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it. And I do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain.” http://cvote.it/2bk4JJi
2016 // Donald Trump accuses Democrats of abusing blacks for decades. “The Democratic party has run nearly every inner city in this country for 50 years, and run them into financial ruin.” Trump also made a strong pitch for school choice and championed charter schools. http://cvote.it/2bk6PZG
CORRUPTION // After pressure from Democrats, the Clinton Foundation announced that if Hillary is elected president they will no longer take corporate or foreign contributions. (Why not stop accepting the donations now when she’s busy raising money for her presidential campaign?) http://cvote.it/2bk7NFc
CATHOLIC // The only approved Marian apparition site in the United States is near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Now, it’s a National Shrine. http://cvote.it/2b0NxKT
IRELAND // Wealthy abortion backers could use Ireland as a model to change pro-life laws in other Catholic countries, an apparent leaked three-year plan for George Soros’ Open Society Foundations suggests. http://cvote.it/2b0N4IC
ON THIS DAY // 1909 – First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://cvote.it/2bkacQz
SAINT OF THE DAY // Saint John Eudes – http://cvote.it/Daily-Saint
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
FUNNY //