On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: While Attorney General Merrick Garland ripped into state legislatures that he says “took steps to impose bans and other restrictions on access to abortion,” the Alliance Defending Freedom says the Biden Administration is engaging in “heavy-handed moves to override the state laws.” Meanwhile, the trial starts today in Philadelphia for the pro-life father of 7 and subject of an armed FBI raid. Attorney Matt Heffron joins to share how he sees this case playing out for Mark Houck. And the fight to raise the debt ceiling is heating up. House Republicans say spending cuts must take place and the budget process needs reform. But Democrats and the White House say no deal. The grandparents who are guardians of a Virginia teenager say they were intentionally "kept in the dark" about their granddaughter's gender struggles. Michelle Blair says her 14 year old granddaughter Sage was bullied, assaulted and ultimately fell into the hands of a sex trafficker. President of the Family Foundation of Virginia, Victoria Cobb, discusses why Sage's grandparents were never told about this. Finally this evening, the president of the German Bishops' Conference is dismissing Vatican concerns over the country's Synodal Path. EWTN Vatican Bureau journalist and producer, Rudolf Gehrig, joins to tell us more about the letter from the Vatican and what some of the specific concerns were.

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