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Sitting on $10B, Catholic dioceses amassed $1.5B in COVID-19 aid

Scores of Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 billion from the nation’s emergency relief program for small businesses slammed by the coronavirus, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Liz Cheney remains House GOP No. 3 leader

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy also ridiculed Democrats for slating a House vote Thursday on removing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from her committees.

 
Slain FBI agents worked to protect children from abusers

Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger were gunned down Tuesday while serving a search warrant at a child pornography suspect’s South Florida apartment.

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CDC says schools can reopen without teacher vaccinations

As some teachers’ unions balk at resuming in-person instruction before teachers are inoculated, Dr. Rochelle Walensky says, “Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools.”

Biden tells House to ‘go big, act fast’ on COVID-19 relief package

President Joe Biden told House Democrats on Wednesday he’s “not married” to an absolute number on his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but Congress needs to “act fast” on relief for the pandemic and the economic crisis.

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