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Columbus, Ohio — At St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, being on the altar feels momentous for Joseph Rolwing. He’s 27 years old and a Catholic deacon, who is set to be ordained as a Catholic priest on Saturday. Rolwing studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. It is the only seminary outside of Italy that is governed by the Vatican.  “I was a normal high schooler, played sports, did it all,” Rolwing said. “I never thought that I would be doing this. But the Lord had other plans.”In high school he began questioning his faith. Then in college, he felt…

Hint: It’s not because they’re actually being persecuted. Ad Policy Afrikaners from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP) The 59 white South Africans who landed at Dulles Airport on Monday arrived on a private jet chartered and paid for by the American government. They were welcomed, like foreign dignitaries, by high-ranking officials from the State Department and Homeland Security. They’d been classified by the Trump administration with “Priority 1” refugee status, normally reserved for those fleeing the most horrific conditions, often with just the clothes on their back. But these globe-trotters…

The White House on Friday touted a Republican-backed tax bill as delivering “PERMANENT tax cuts and bigger paychecks.” Yet experts say the legislation would disproportionately benefit the highest income earners, while offering far more modest gains to Americans lower down the ladder.If the bill is passed, households with more than $1 million in annual income would see their after-tax earnings rise by 4.3%, according to a new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a public policy think tank. The lowest-earning 20% of Americans would receive the smallest boost — their after-tax incomes would rise 0.6%, or…

  5m ago Dawn Richard testifying Singer Dawn Richard was called by prosecutors after hearing from Ventura and the special agent. Richard described physical violence against Ventura she said she witnessed.  By Alice Gainer https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/diddy-trial-live-updates-cassie-cross-examination/#post-update-7650f7f0   19m ago Agent testifies drugs were found in search The special agent told prosecutors drugs, including ketamine, ecstasy and medications were also found during the Park Hyatt search. The agent was asked about a picture of a backpack, which she said contained $9,000. Prosecutors had no further questions and the defense started cross-examination.  By Alice Gainer https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/diddy-trial-live-updates-cassie-cross-examination/#post-update-1a689af5   34m ago Special agent called to testify Prosecutors called…

A 2024 file photo of the U.S. Capitol. Bonnie Cash/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bonnie Cash/Getty Images The Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its attempts to expand its reach beyond executive branch agencies, this time seeking to embed in an independent legislative watchdog that finds waste, fraud and abuse in the government. But the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a legislative branch entity that helps audit government spending and suggest ways to make it more efficient, rejected that request on Friday by noting that GAO is not subject to presidential executive orders. The request to GAO had cited President…

The House Republican bill to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda contains a provision that has prompted opposition from the Mexican government — a tax on cash payments sent by non-U.S. citizens to family members in their home countries.The payments, known as remittances, would be subject to a 5% excise tax that would encompass more than 40 million people, including green card holders and nonimmigrant visa holders, such as people on H-1B, H-2A and H-2B visas. U.S. citizens would be exempt. In a May 13 letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, Mexico’s ambassador…

Mass denaturalization could be used to move the country toward the MAGA movement’s larger goal of a white Christian nationalist United States. Ad Policy President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One before departing Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, on April 3, 2025.(Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images) In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice filed denaturalization cases against five men who had been convicted of child sexual abuse. Some had committed their crimes prior to filing for naturalization but others had carried them out long after they’d become citizens. While the outcomes…

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane PauleyINSIDE LOOK: “CBS Sunday Morning” invited Architectural Digest to come inside the making of By Design: A Weekend in New OrleansCITY OF NEW ORLEANS TOURISMABBLASEN: “CBS Sunday Morning” theme songWorld-famous French Quarter clarinetist, Doreen Ketchens, performs a unique New Orleans version of Abblasen, the “CBS Sunday Morning” theme song.COVER STORY: Welcome to New OrleansIn the 1930s, it’s said that playwright and longtime New Orleans resident…

President Trump ends Middle East trip with final push for U.S. investments – CBS News Watch CBS News In a speech to business leaders in Abu Dhabi, President Trump made a last sales pitch to encourage foreign investment in the U.S. His weeklong trip through the Middle East focused on deal-making and economic partnerships. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. Mike Scarcella/Reuters; FM Archive/Alamy stock photo hide caption toggle caption Mike Scarcella/Reuters; FM Archive/Alamy stock photo Appellate judges in Washington, D.C., will consider a key question on Friday: Does the president have the constitutional authority to fire board members at agencies created by Congress to be independent of the White House? More specifically, did President Trump overstep when he removed National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris…