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U.S. Catholic bishops voted on Wednesday to officially declare a ban on gender transition treatment for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals.The bishops, gathered in a Baltimore hotel ballroom, overwhelmingly approved revisions to their directives for the thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers in the country, formalizing a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender treatment options.Bishops will have autonomy in putting the new directives into law for their dioceses.More than one in seven patients in the U.S. are treated each day at Catholic hospitals, according to the Catholic Health Association. In some areas, Catholic hospitals are

President Donald Trump signed legislation to fund the government again — putting an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.Trump signaled Monday the government would open soon, as consequences of a lapse in funding continued to snowball, including missed paychecks for federal workers and airline delays stemming from air traffic controller staffing shortages.The bill keeps funding the government at the same levels during fiscal year 2025 through Jan. 30 to provide additional time to hash out a longer appropriations measure for fiscal year 2026.The measure also funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that more than 42 million

Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Harris County — home to Houston — for using county funds for programs that help migrants facing deportation obtain access to legal support.Harris County established the Immigrant Legal Services Fund program in 2020, sending money to five organizations that help migrants facing deportation obtain lawyers.Last month, the county appropriated an additional $1.3 million to support the program.Paxton said in a statement that the program is "evil and wicked," as well as unconstitutional.TEXAS AG KEN PAXTON SUES LATINO VOTER GROUP JOLT FOR ALLEGEDLY REGISTERING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS"We must stop the left-wing radicals who are

NYU professor Scott Galloway argued that one of the most notable shifts in the 2024 election came down to mothers trying to help their sons.Galloway has spoken numerous times about the struggles young men face in a changing world, while the modern progressive movement appears to ignore their interests as a group. During an appearance on Nicolle Wallace’s podcast "The Best People," Galloway said he "won the jackpot" for being a White man born in the 1960s, part of a generation that had access to wealth and affordable homes."Men of my generation have a debt, and the way I try

BERKELEY, Calif.— Chaos broke out at the University of California-Berkeley in response to the Turning Point USA "This Is The Turning Point" tour stop at the school on Monday.Prior to the event, flyers were found all over campus promoting protests, including a graphic image from the moment Charlie Kirk was assassinated. One older man stood up in front of police on campus and shouted, "Security has closed off your university to protect a Nazi speaking group."NEWSOM SILENT ON VIOLENT BERKELEY PROTEST OF TPUSA AT CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITYOne of the flyers that was plastered in several areas on campus came from the group

Newly acquired Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Jaire Alexander was placed on the reserve/retired list just a day after it was reported that the 28-year-old NFL pro decided to step away from the game.The team announced the roster move on Wednesday. Alexander, who was acquired before the trade deadline from the Baltimore Ravens along with a 2027 seventh-round draft pick, has been recovering from an offseason knee surgery.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFOX Sports’ Jay Glazer first reported this week that the two-time All-Pro informed the Eagles of his decision to step away in order to focus on getting physically

A 79-year-old California Vietnam War veteran is recovering after a fight with a home invader at a female neighbor's house left him with two broken legs — and the suspect dead.George Karkoc is being hailed as a hero in Studio City in Los Angeles after police say the naked intruder broke into his neighbor's house, where a lone woman inside began screaming for help."I knew that if I didn't take care of him, I had no clue what he was gonna do or was capable of doing," Karkoc told FOX 11 Los Angeles from his hospital bed earlier this week.HOMEOWNER

FIRST ON FOX: Undercover video shows administrators at a North Carolina University detailing how they are continuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts despite state and federal efforts to roll back the policies."It shook things up around here, but fortunately for us, this office is not actually under the DEI office at all, so we're able to just keep going. We just like switched up our, you know, changed the wording of things," Pascha Miller, Office of Intercultural Engagement assistant director at North Carolina A&T State University, says in a video obtained by Accuracy in Media. The videos, taken in August