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Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon on January 21, in which she appealed to President Donald Trump to have mercy toward groups frightened by his position on immigrants and LGBTQ+ ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Along with this, Trump also signed an executive ...