Trump's legal troubles continue to mount, and while none of it will matter to his acolytes, it is not shock at his outrageous behavior that will doom him. It is exhaustion. People are tired of the drama he brings.
President Joe Biden announced Feb. 24 a reversal of a 2020 proclamation by the Trump administration that sought to keep those applying for permanent residency cards, popularly known as green cards, out of the country because of the pandemic.
Distinctly Catholic: Rush Limbaugh, more than anyone, coarsened American political discourse, paved the way for the rise of conservative populism, and threw gasoline on the flames of the culture wars for 40 years.
References to faith were a constant at last week's impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, with Democrats appearing especially comfortable invoking religion when discussing the attack on the U.S. Capitol by insurrectionists on Jan. 6.
Distinctly Catholic: We may not know the "how" that motivated Donald Trump when he called his followers to march on the Capitol, but we know the "what": He wanted to overturn the results of the election.
A new survey reports more than a quarter of white evangelicals believe a QAnon conspiracy theory that purports Donald Trump is secretly battling a cabal of pedophile Democrats, and roughly half believe the false claim that antifa was responsible for the Capitol insurrection.
Distinctly Catholic: Donald Trump's second impeachment trial has begun. Already it is harder to tell which is more remarkable: the frightening facts of the case, or the rhetorical gymnastics of Trump's defenders.
Since Biden's inauguration, the bishops' conference has been busy putting out press releases that for the most part welcome the new administration's policy initiatives, including those that reverse core policies of the Trump administration.
The Supreme Court will not hear two scheduled arguments this term on immigration examining policies put in place by the Trump administration that Biden is likely to roll back.
