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The Biden Administration's plan to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is seen as an election-year move to try and win young voters. And a new study into the 2024 election finds voters in the US are divided along religious lines, with 61% of white Catholics supporting Trump.

Pro-life advocates are celebrating Florida’s new pro-life measure that just became official May 1st. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she'll force a vote to oust Speaker Johnson. And today is the start of a month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Campus protests are intensifying throughout the US. The International Criminal Court may soon issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and other top leaders for war crimes. And in Nebraska, residents are picking up the pieces after devastating tornadoes swept through the heartland on Friday.

Secretary of State Blinken says it’s up to Hamas to sign off on a ceasefire proposal he called “extraordinarily generous”. The Cardinal Newman Society is releasing its report card for college graduation speakers. And during his visit to Venice, Pope Francis met with prisoners, artists and young people.

There are no signs the pro-Palestinian protests in the US are ending anytime soon. The annual March for Martyrs takes place tomorrow in the nation's capital. And Pope Francis recently met with tens of thousands of pilgrims who use a hands-on approach to spreading the Gospel.

Former President Trump's lawyers were before the US Supreme Court, arguing presidential immunity. The annual Young Catholic Professionals conference kicks off on Friday and the theme is "workers in the vineyard". And Catholic athlete Joe Alt is following in his father's footsteps in many ways.