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America's heartland is preparing for an ecological event it hasn't seen in 221 years. Pope Francis has officially proclaimed the 2025 Jubilee, a special Holy Year of Grace and Forgiveness. And Mother's Day can be a rather difficult day, especially for those who have lost a child.

President Biden announced the U.S. will stop supplying weapons to Israel all together if it invades Rafah. In Brazil, the death toll tops 100 people amid heavy flooding and the forecast this weekend calls for another set of storms. And, the latest data from the EU showed that April was the hottest month on record for global sea surface temperatures.

The United States is pumping the breaks on a shipment of bombs to Israel. Police in riot gear cleared away the pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of George Washington University. And the state of Florida is suing the Biden Administration over new federal laws on gender-based surgeries.

Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza seizing control of the Rafah border crossing. Stormy Daniels took the stand in the trial against Trump, where she recounted her encounter with him. And the Thomas More Society is accusing the NY attorney general of a witch hunt against pro-lifers.

Hamas Supreme Leader Ismail Haniyeh agreed to a cease-fire proposal. Today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the 6 million Jewish lives lost in WWII, and the survivors. And among those gearing up for the 2024 Olympic games is the Vatican and the French Embassy to the Holy See.

Tens of thousands of dreamers, come this November will be allowed to enroll in ObamaCare. According to the US Labor Department, the unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in April, up slightly from March. And what started as a weekly exercise in prayer for men in Ireland has spread throughout the world.