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What is the ‘Big, Beautiful Budget Bill’ and How Does This Whole Thing Work (Or Not)?

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
📰 PULSE POINTS: ❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Trump’s flagship budget bill—meant to lock in his 2017 tax cuts and deliver more relief for workers—is moving through Congress via the reconciliation process
📰 PULSE POINTS: ❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Trump’s flagship budget bill—meant to lock in his 2017 tax cuts and deliver more relief for workers—is moving through Congress via the reconciliation process

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Pope Leo XIV May Be Partial Continuation of Francis, But Many Questions Remain.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV after being elected by the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals on May 8 in Vatican City
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV after being elected by the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals on May 8 in Vatican City

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Canada on Track to See Anti-Trump, China-Friendly Govt as Election Enters Final Week.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
The first post-Justin Trudeau Canadian federal election campaign has entered its final week, and the race between the two leading parties, the leftist Liberals and the notionally center-right Conservatives, has tightened
The first post-Justin Trudeau Canadian federal election campaign has entered its final week, and the race between the two leading parties, the leftist Liberals and the notionally center-right Conservatives, has tightened

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REJOICE!

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
The wrenching sorrow of Good Friday and the hidden victory of Holy Saturday have led us to today, the most important day in the Christian calendar
The wrenching sorrow of Good Friday and the hidden victory of Holy Saturday have led us to today, the most important day in the Christian calendar

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GOOD FRIDAY.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
Good Friday, the sixth day of Holy Week, brought the bitter fruit of Judas’s betrayal
Good Friday, the sixth day of Holy Week, brought the bitter fruit of Judas’s betrayal

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MAUNDY THURSDAY: The Agony in the Garden.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
Maundy Thursday, the fifth day of Holy Week, heralds the beginning of Jesus’s final hours
Maundy Thursday, the fifth day of Holy Week, heralds the beginning of Jesus’s final hours

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KASSAM: ‘The reformed Kennedy Center’s beautiful frenzy.’

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
As I write, I sit swimming in turbulence somewhere over Virginia, on the same jet as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – heading to Panama City in an effort to restore the country’s critical canal to US control
As I write, I sit swimming in turbulence somewhere over Virginia, on the same jet as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – heading to Panama City in an effort to restore the country’s critical canal to US control

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SPY WEDNESDAY: 30 Pieces of Silver.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Analysis
Holy Wednesday, also known—for reasons that will soon become clear—as Spy Wednesday, is a low point in Holy Week, particularly after the triumph of Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and the righteous zeal of Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, when Jesus turned the moneychanges out of the temple and called out the corruption of the temple leaders
Holy Wednesday, also known—for reasons that will soon become clear—as Spy Wednesday, is a low point in Holy Week, particularly after the triumph of Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and the righteous zeal of Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, when Jesus turned the moneychanges out of the temple and called out the corruption of the temple leaders