July 14th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha!

In a letter that President Trump sent Congress on Friday, he formally acknowledged that he had resumed the active strikes on Iran that administration officials had previously said had been suspended. The US blockade on Iran will resume later today. Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's younger sister, to serve the remaining months of his term. President Trump said he had recommended the move as "a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!" Sen. Jim Banks introduced legislation that would rein in the automatic granting of U.S. citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and foreign nationals who enter the nation for so-called "birth tourism." The Society of St. Pius X filed a formal appeal of the Vatican decree declaring its July 1 episcopal consecrations a schismatic act. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileoné called for wider access to the Traditional Latin Mass and more reverent Novus Ordo liturgies following the SSPX schism, while urging Catholics to pray for renewed dialogue with Rome. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it easier for people to get compensated for injuries that came from COVID-19 vaccines, and the department is crafting a list of the injuries that people could use to seek compensation.

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