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| THURSDAY, JULY 26 |
| EU-US TRADE DEAL President Trump said that he and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would work toward a deal with “zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies on non-auto industrial goods.” Juncker said: “We made a deal today. We have identified a number of areas on which to work together.” READ |
| RUSSIAN PROBE House conservatives move to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The measure is unlikely to pass, but demonstrates a frustration from House conservatives over a failure by the Justice Department to respond to document requests from Congress. READ |
| HEALTH CARE VOTE House Republicans passed a bill to delay Obamacare’s insurance tax and to expand Health Savings Accounts. READ |
| DIGITAL BLACKLIST Credit to liberal publication Vice for their investigation on this story. The online publication discovered that Twitter restricts the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results in a practice known as “shadow banning.” Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Rep. Devin Nunes were among several who failed to appear in Twitter’s auto-populated search results. When Vice conducted a similar search on over 100 liberal politicians, none faced any shadow banning in search results. READ |
| FREE SPEECH The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that a student could not be banned from school for wearing a pro-Trump shirt. “Everyone knows that if a student wears an anti-Trump shirt to school, the teachers won’t think twice about it. But when I wore a pro-Trump shirt, I got suspended. That’s not right,” said the student, Addison Barnes. READ |
| CATHOLIC LEGAL CONFERENCE Judge Amy Barrett will headline the convention of a national association of Catholic attorneys this October in Dallas. Judge Barrett was on the short-list for a possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. READ |
| DATING CULTURE Pro football player Colton Underwood was mocked by talk show host Wendy Williams when he announced that he was a virgin. “Society condemns so-called slut-shaming, but apparently it’s perfectly acceptable to ‘virgin-sham,’ a concerning reality for a culture that prides itself on tolerance and acceptance,” says Rachel del Guidice. READ |
| CHURCH SCANDAL It’s not just the Catholic Church in the United States facing a sex-abuse scandal. Cardinal Enrico Ezzati has been summoned to answer questions about the sex-abuse scandal in the Church in Chile. READ |
| HUMANAE VITAE AND DISSENT Catholics swallowed the bitter pill of dissent by rejecting the Church’s teaching on artificial contraception. Christian Brugger takes a look back at the history surrounding Humanae Vitae. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Joachim and Anne—whether these are their real names or not—represent that entire quiet series of generations who faithfully perform their duties, practice their faith, and establish an atmosphere for the coming of the Messiah, but remain obscure. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “With you is the fountain of life, O Lord.” (Ps 36:10) READ |
| 317 YEARS… On July 24, 1701, Antonie Cadillac founded Detroit, a French colony. Two days later, construction began on St. Anne’s parish — the second oldest continuous parish in the United States. The current church was built in 1886. READ |