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Buenos Aires—The Basilica de San José de Flores didn’t appear in most guidebooks to Argentina prior to 2013. Located in a working-class neighborhood of Buenos Aires, its current structure was completed in 1883 by the Italian architects Emilio Lombardo and Benito Panuzzi, just off Plaza General Pueyrredón. Although its interior is ornate, with ubiquitous gold leaf, the church is a modest structure, with a small apse and sanctuary, and several dozen rows of well-worn pews stretching across its nave.In the years since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pope, however, the basilica has become a minor tourist attraction. It was here that…

In 2018, an anonymous tip led the authorities in California to Eric Uller, who for decades had volunteered at an after-school program associated with the Santa Monica Police Department. An investigation revealed Mr. Uller, 50, had molested at least four boys on the city’s watch.Allegations from dozens of others soon emerged, dating to the 1980s and 1990s. Weeks after his arrest, Mr. Uller hanged himself in his apartment on the day he was scheduled to appear in court.Seven years later, Santa Monica is still paying for his crimes. At last count, the bill had reached nearly $230 million.That’s how much…

Washington —  A federal judge is holding a bail hearing Friday for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts doctoral candidate who was detained by immigration authorities after the Trump administration revoked her student visa.Ozturk is currently detained at an immigration facility in Basile, Louisiana, where she was transferred after she was taken into custody in Massachusetts in March. The bail hearing in her challenge to her confinement comes after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration had until May 14 to comply with a district court’s order to transfer Ozturk to immigration custody in Vermont.Ozturk will appear remotely from…

For months, Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic agenda. But their list of possible cuts is shrinking.House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that major cuts to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion were off the table. Now, the largest cut left among their whittled-down options would disproportionately hurt states that supported Mr. Trump in the 2024 election.Republicans have also been studying several other Medicaid changes for their budget bill, and a final package will probably include some of the smaller adjustments. But they have considered only two major…

The last several months for American Catholics have been a story about the ascent of the Catholic right. In January, a parade of right-wing Catholic power began streaming into President Trump’s remade Washington. Just weeks later came the hospitalization and decline of Pope Francis, who often seemed to stand alone in offering a different vision of global Christian influence.Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic in the new conservative style, was one of the last people to see Pope Francis alive, a brief meeting between representatives of two contrasting visions for Catholic values in the world.Then came the stunning arrival on…

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The leftward shift of Gen Z women is one of the most dramatic political trends happening right now. Polling data from Gallup found that 40% of young women aged 18-29 self-describe as liberal compared to 28% of the same demographic at the beginning of the century. So what’s causing a new generation of young women to move to the left?Brittany is joined by founder of the Up and Up Newsletter, Rachel Janfaza, and New York Times reporter, Claire Cain Miller. Together they discuss what we should make of the growing political gender gap between young men and young women. Source…

At Catholic elementary schools in Chicago on Thursday afternoon, the intercoms crackled with a surprise announcement — “Habemus papam!” — prompting students to jump on their chairs and whoop with excitement.Crowds materialized outside Holy Name Cathedral downtown, considered the mother church of Chicago Catholics, and workers hung yellow and white bunting over the arched doorway.Across the country, Catholics marveled at the announcement of the first American pope, something that had long seemed impossible. But in Chicago, they heard something else: The pope was one of their own.Though he spent much of his life abroad, the new Pope Leo XIV, born…

President Trump has fired longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, a congressional source confirmed to CBS News. Hayden was fired in an email Thursday from Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately,” read the email, which was obtained by CBS News. “Thank you for your service.” Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks at the media preview of the “Collecting Memories” exhibition at The Library of Congress on June 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Shannon…

Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / May 8, 2025 California officials shored up the state’s defenses to respond to Donald Trump’s lawless actions. But can their “Trump-proofing” strategy hold the line? Ad Policy California Governor Gavin Newsom (R) speaks as California Attorney Gneral Rob Bonta looks on during a news conference at Gemperle Orchard on April 16, 2025, in Ceres, California.(Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Sworn in as the governor of California in January 2019, Gavin Newsom seemed to delight in picking fights with his archenemy, Donald Trump, during the president’s first term. Newsom signed a bill…