IMMIGRATION // A federal judge refuses to reinstate President Trump’s order to cut funding from sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration enforcement. http://cvote.it/2ug7xPX
BUDGET // Health care isn’t the only concern Republicans have to contend with. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, did not schedule a vote on fiscal year budget resolution next week — which is the last scheduled session before the five-week August recess. http://cvote.it/2uHzwub
JUDICIARY // Despite strident objections from liberal interest groups, the Republican Senate confirmed John Bush to a vacant seat on the 6th Circuit. Liberals freaked out because Bush had called abortion one of the “two greatest tragedies in our country.” (Slavery being the other.) http://cvote.it/2uHFc7h
TECH // Is Elon Musk’s proposed hyperloop from Washington to New York City worth it? A hyperloop is based on a mixture of pressurized air pockets and magnets. Musk says the trip would take just 29 minutes, if completed. http://cvote.it/2uHt6vc
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION // A city in Minnesota created a “free speech zone” to get around church and state objections — in order to allow a statue of a soldier kneeling at a cross. But then Satanists demanded their own memorial. So now Belle Plaine has eliminated the free speech zone altogether. http://cvote.it/2uHyaQi
HERO VS GOVT // A Toronto man builds park stairs for $550, upsetting the city which had insisted he should have waited for a $65,000 city project to handle the problem. http://cvote.it/2uHvcuU
CATHOLIC // On July 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima showed a vision of Hell and taught us how to avoid it. http://cvote.it/2uHzBOG
CATHOLIC // Yo Father Arne Panula, former head of Opus Dei in the United States, has died at 71, after a battle with cancer. Fr. Panula was well beloved by Catholics in our nation’s capital after becoming director of the Catholic Information Center just blocks away from the White House. http://cvote.it/2uHz4fC
SAINT // Saint Lawrence of Brindisi – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.” (Ps 116:13) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRUTH //