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| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 |
| TRUMP VS. GM President Trump threatened to cut off subsidies to General Motors in response to the company’s decision to cut up to 14,000 workers in North America. “Nothing being closed in Mexico & China,” President Trump tweeted. “The U.S. saved General Motors, and this is the THANKS we get!” READ |
| GOP WINS IN MISSISSIPPI Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, won reelection, but the margin was closer than expected. The Senate next year will have 53 Republicans, giving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell three votes to spare to confirm President Trump’s judges. There are 112 district court vacancies and 11 appellate vacancies on the federal bench. READ |
| MEXICO BORDER DEAL? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on the verge of a major diplomatic success with Mexico’s incoming government that would process the asylum claims of migrants while keeping them south of the border. READ |
| CLIMATE CHANGE The latest National Climate Assessment report projects that global warming could hurt the economy. President Trump said he doesn’t think that’s the case. “I don’t believe it,” he told reporters. “Right now, we’re at the cleanest we’ve ever been, and that’s very important to me. But if we’re clean but every other place on Earth on is dirty, that’s not so good.” READ |
| RECORD LOW OF ILLEGALS Based on government data, a new Pew Research Center student estimates there were 10.7 million illegal immigrants living in the United States in 2016, down from a high of 12.2 million in 2007 and the lowest since 2004. READ |
| CUA AND KAVANAUGH Will Rainford, a professor at Catholic University of America, has resigned his post as head of the university’s social work department. Rainford was suspended in October for tweeting about a sex-assault allegation involving Brett Kavanaugh from a university department Twitter page. Rainford will take a sabbatical and is expected to return to CUA next fall. READ |
| SISTERS OPEN NEW CONVENT What will the U.S. Bishops and the Pope do next to combat the abuse crisis? J.D. Flynn explores that question. READ |
| FREE TUITION FOR FIRE VICTIMS Students displaced by the wildfires that raged through northern California will be getting free Catholic tuition from the Diocese of Sacramento. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint James was born in the Marche of Ancona. Before joining the Friars Minor, he earned doctorates in canon and civil law at the University of Perugia. He lived a very austere life, and was an extremely popular preacher, who spread devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Great and wonderful are all your works, Lord, mighty God!” (Ps 98:1) READ |
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