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Pope Francis's Funeral Programme

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, will take place Saturday.

International Business Times · Apr 25, 2025

Texas lawmakers consider barring counties from mailing unsolicited voter registration forms

Voting rights advocates worry that legislation approved by House and Senate committees could make it harder to get more people on the rolls.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 25, 2025

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos Expects To Get Over 7 Years In Prison For Lying Scheme

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos said he's "totally resigned" to getting over 7 years in prison for a lying scheme

Latin Times · Apr 25, 2025

Desperate MAGA exploits a teen killing

The racist exploitation of Austin Metcalf's killing shows how MAGA tears local communities apart

Salon · Apr 25, 2025

Pope Francis: Mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica overnight as lying-in-state set to end

Vast crowds are expected to gather ahead of Saturday’s funeral for Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025

As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America's oldest detention center in Miami

As President Donald Trump seeks to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, the U.S. immigration detention system is being overrun with prisoners

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Trump and Zelenskyy among dignitaries converging on Rome for funeral of Pope Francis

Heads of state and royalty will begin converging on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basilica are more in keeping with Francis’ humble persona and disdain for pomp

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally

The Trump administration plans to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Ex-US Rep. George Santos faces sentencing for fraud after duping donors and voters

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos is facing sentencing in federal court this week

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Bill Maher calls Larry David’s satire of his Trump dinner ‘kind of insulting to 6 million dead Jews’

‘Nobody has been harder … about Donald Trump than me,’ Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting Hitler

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2025