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| FBI INVESTIGATION The Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his bombshell report on FBI actions during the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The report detailed that FBI agents had vowed to “stop” Trump from getting elected. The report also took former FBI Director James Comey to task for repeatedly violating policy. Here are seven major takeaways from the explosive report. READ |
| BACK TO BASEBALL Exactly one year after nearly losing his life, Majority Whip Steve Scalise took the field at the Congressional Baseball Game as the starting second baseman. The first pitch was hit as a grounder right to Scalise, who cleanly fielded the ball and threw out the runner. His teammates ran to congratulate Scalise, who still uses a crutch to assist him while walking. READ |
| ALMOST AT 4% GROWTH Consumer spending is surging. So far, the economy in the second quarter is tracking close to 4% growth — almost double the pace of the first quarter. READ |
| IMMIGRATION Is stronger border security a humanitarian cause? Brandon Darby was the investigative journalist who discovered that migrant children were being held in cages in 2014. Darby condemns some conservatives for using dehumanizing language about migrants, but also says liberals are hurting migrants by perpetuating policies that attract vulnerable migrants into the arms of cartels and people-smugglers. Watch this illuminating interview with Brandon Darby on the Stephen Herreid Show. WATCH |
| DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PRO-LIFERS A pro-life group at Ball State University was denied funding that other college groups received. Now pro-life students are taking the state-run university to court. READ |
| FULTON SHEEN A recent court ruling stated that Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s body should be transferred from New York to Illinois. But Fr. Raymond de Souza says some key issues have yet to be resolved. READ |
| NEW SHRINE IN NEW YORK CITY The world’s first shrine dedicated to persecuted Christians opens in New York City. The newly inaugurated shrine at St. Michael’s parish in Midtown Manhattan enshrines an icon dedicated to Our Lady of Aradin. READ |
| RETURNED AFTER 500 YEARS A stolen copy of a 1493 letter by Christopher Columbus returns to its rightful place at the Vatican Library. The letter details his experience in the New World. The letter was presented to the Vatican by U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Enduring a seriously dysfunctional marriage and being left a widow, Saint Marguerite d’Youville did not give in to despair. Rather, she founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, the “Grey Nuns,” rescued a failing hospital, and cared for the sick. Not even the destruction of the hospital by fire drove her to despair. READ |
| DAILY MASS READINGS “I long to see your face, O Lord.” (Ps 27:8) READ |
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