President Donald Trump arrives at Leesburg Executive Airport on Marine One in Leesburg, Va., Thursday, April 24, 2025, en route to Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)2025-04-25T11:02:58Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps handling of immigration remains a point of strength as he takes wide-ranging actions to ramp up deportations and target people in the U.S. illegally, according to a new poll.The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 46% of U.S. adults approve of Trumps handling of immigration, which is nearly 10 percentage points higher than his approval rating on the economy and trade with other countries. While Trumps actions remain divisive, theres less of a consensus that the Republican president has overstepped on immigration than on other issues. Still, theres little appetite for an even tougher approach. About half of Americans say hes gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Theyre divided on the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants who are accused of being gang members to El Salvador, and more oppose than support revoking foreign students visas over their participation in pro-Palestinian activism.Heres what the poll shows about how Americans are viewing the Trump administrations actions on immigration. Immigration is a point of strength for Trump, particularly with RepublicansImmigration was a major factor for voters in last Novembers election, particularly for Trumps supporters, and they were more open to tough stances on the issue than theyd been four years earlier. And even though many of Trumps immigration enforcement efforts are currently mired in battles with federal judges, its remained an issue of relative strength in the court of public opinion.Similar to an AP-NORC poll conducted in March, nearly half of Americans approve of Trumps immigration approach, while about 4 in 10 approve of how hes handling the presidency. This higher approval on immigration comes primarily from Republicans. About 8 in 10 Republicans approve of Trumps handling of immigration, higher than the roughly 7 in 10 Republicans who approve of how hes handling the economy or trade negotiations with other countries. Other groups are less enthusiastic about Trumps approach. About 4 in 10 independents and only about 2 in 10 Democrats approve of Trump on immigration.Relatively few Americans are concerned theyll know someone who is directly affected by increased immigration enforcement, according to the poll. About 2 in 10 Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that they or someone they know will be directly affected. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to worry theyll be affected, and Hispanic adults are more likely than white or Black adults to be concerned.About half say Trump has gone too far on deportationsAbout half of Americans say Trump has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. About one-third say his approach has been about right, and about 2 in 10 say hes not gone far enough.Theyre unhappier, generally, with how hes approaching trade negotiations. About 6 in 10 say hes gone too far in imposing new tariffs on other countries.There is not a strong desire for more aggressive action on immigration, though, even among the people who approve of whats Trump doing. Among the Americans who approve of how Trump is handling immigration, about 6 in 10 say his approach has been about right, and roughly 3 in 10 say he hasnt gone far enough. Americans are split on sending Venezuelans to El Salvador but oppose revoking student visasThere is a deep divide on whether and how the Trump administration should undertake large-scale deportations, according to the survey, which was conducted in mid-April, while Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., was on a trip to El Salvador to demand the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported there in what officials later described as an administrative error.The poll found that 38% of Americans favor deporting all immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, down slightly from an AP-NORC poll conducted just before Trump took office in January. About the same share of Americans are opposed, and about 2 in 10 are neutral.The findings are very similar for Trumps policy of sending Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. who authorities say are gang members to a prison in El Salvador. But the public is more opposed, broadly, to revoking foreign students visas over their participation in pro-Palestinian activism, which has emerged as another flashpoint. About half of U.S. adults oppose this, and about 3 in 10 are in support. This action is particularly unpopular among Americans with a college degree. About 6 in 10 strongly or somewhat oppose it, compared with about 4 in 10 Americans who arent college graduates.___The AP-NORC poll of 1,260 adults was conducted April 17-21, using a sample drawn from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. LINLEY SANDERS Sanders is a polls and surveys reporter for The Associated Press. She develops and writes about polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and works on AP VoteCast. twitter

A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks past four men being detained after crossing the border through a gap in the walls separating Mexico and the United States, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)2025-04-25T11:13:57Z PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations. American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for minor infractions.Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him. But unlike in his first term, Trumps efforts have not sparked the kind of widespread condemnation or protests that led him to retreat from some unpopular positions.Instead, immigration has emerged as one of Trumps strongest issues in public polling, reflecting both his grip on the Republican base and a broader shift in public sentiment that is driven in part, interviews suggest, by anger at the policies of his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. The White House has seized on this shift, mocking critics and egging on Democrats to engage on an issue that Trumps team sees as a win. Americas changed, said pollster Frank Luntz, a longtime ally of Republicans who has been holding focus groups with voters to discuss immigration. This is the one area where Donald Trump still has significant and widespread public support. Luntz said voters dismayed by the historically large influx of migrants under Biden are now prepared to accept a more extreme approach.Make no mistake, he added. The public may not embrace it, but they definitely support it. And this is actually his strongest area as he approaches his 100th day (in office). Changing viewsA poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that immigration is a relative high point for Trump compared with other issues, including his approach to the economy, foreign policy and trade negotiations. Slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults, 46%, say they approve of Trumps handling of the issue, compared with his overall job approval rating of 39%, according to the survey.The poll was conducted April 17-21, a period that included a trip by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to El Salvador to demand that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from prison after the U.S. government admitted he was wrongly deported.In the 2020 election, few voters considered immigration the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of registered voters in all 50 states.Four years later, after Republicans and conservative media had hammered Biden for his policies and often cast migrant U.S.-Mexico border crossings as an invasion, immigration had risen above health care, abortion and crime. It was second only to the economy.Under Biden, migrant apprehensions spiked to more than 2 million two years in a row. Republican governors in border states bused migrants by the tens of thousands to cities across the country, including to New York, where migrants were placed in shelters and hotels, straining budgets. Voters in the 2024 election were also more open to tougher immigration policies than the 2020 electorate. Last November, 44% of voters said most immigrants living in the United States illegally should be deported to their home countries, according to AP VoteCast, compared with 29% in 2020. Immigration remains a relative strength for Trump today: 84% of Republicans approve of Trumps immigration approach, according to the April AP-NORC poll, compared with 68% who approve of how he is handling trade negotiations.The poll found about 4 in 10 U.S. adults strongly or somewhat favor Trumps policy of sending Venezuelan immigrants who authorities say are gang members to El Salvador, with an additional 22% saying they neither favor nor oppose it. About 4 in 10 were opposed.Americans are more opposed, broadly, to revoking foreign students visas over their participation in pro-Palestinian activism, with about half opposed and about 3 in 10 in support. The changing views are evident in places like northern New Jerseys suburban Passaic County, one of the former Democratic strongholds where Trump overperformed in November. Trump became the first Republican to win the county in more than 30 years. He carried the heavily Latino city of Passaic and significantly increased his support in Paterson, the states third-largest city, which is majority Latino and also has a large Muslim community. He drew 13,819 votes after winning 3,999 in 2016. Having lost New Jersey by nearly 16 percentage points to Biden in 2020, Trump narrowed that margin to 6 percentage points last year. Paterson resident Sunny Cumur, 54, a truck driver who immigrated from Turkey in the late 1990s, describes himself as a Democrat who doesnt usually vote. But he wanted Trump to win, he said, because he was concerned about the border under Biden. While studies show immigrants are generally less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans, local news in New York and other cities frequently featured what Trump took to calling migrant crime.What Biden did, they opened all the borders, and a lot of people come here for political asylum. Come on! They dont even check if they are terrorists or not, Cumur said. He complained that newcomers willing to work for lower wages have been undercutting workers like him.Throw em out. I dont want to live with criminals, he said.Still, other supporters worry Trump is taking things too far.Republican Manuel Terrero, 39, a real estate agent from Clifton, said he was drawn to Trump because of what felt like chaos under Biden, with too many people crossing the border and too much crime in neighboring New York.It shouldnt be allowed, said Terrero, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Trump is doing a lot of good things. And that is one of them, stopping the people that are coming here to create chaos. And the people that have criminal records, send them back. But I am against (deporting) the people that are working, he said. I dont think its the right way to do it.Rep. Nellie Pou, D-N.J., who was elected last year to represent the area in Congress, said her constituents believe strongly in border security but stand by her advocacy for immigrants. She recently joined Democrats on a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border.I do not want anyone that may be a danger to come to our country to harm any of our citizens. No one wants that. And I firmly believe thats what people in our district and across America want, she said. At the same time, she said, Our country was made of immigrants. ... So I believe theres a place for someone who comes in the legal ways.A new paradigmTrump burst onto the political scene in 2015 by labeling Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists and pledging to build a great wall. He spent much of his first term focused on the border.One of his first actions in office was to impose a travel ban barring the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. That caused chaos at airports and protests across the nation. The policy was quickly blocked by the courts, forcing his administration to offer three broader iterations, the last of which was eventually upheld by the Supreme Court.The next flashpoint came in 2018, when border officials began separating families detained after illegally crossing the border. In some cases, children were forcibly removed from their parents under a zero tolerance policy, and the parents were sometimes deported without their kids.Images of children held in cages at border facilities and audio recordings of young children crying for their parents drew intense backlash, with thousands participating in hundreds of marches across the country. The protesters included soon-to-be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who was photographed in 2018 breaking down outside a facility in Texas being used to detain migrant children.Republicans joined in that condemnation.Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, called the separations tragic and heartrending in a letter that urged Congress to act. This disgraceful condition must end, he wrote.All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing on the news, children in tears pulled away from their mothers and fathers. This must stop, said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. He introduced legislation mandating that apprehended families be kept together.Bowing to pressure and concerned about the impact on the upcoming midterm elections, Trump halted the policy. This time around, with border crossings down, Trump has shifted focus to expelling people already in the United States. He is expanding the limits of executive power and jousting with judges as he uses old laws and rarely used provisions to label hundreds of men gang members so they can be deported without being able to challenge their cases in court. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who as a senator once tried to negotiate a bipartisan immigration package has moved to expel people in the U.S. legally over political beliefs he deems counter to U.S. foreign policy interests.Their targets have included hundreds of students and others with legal status, including those on student visas or holding green cards conferring permanent residency, as well as those who have sought asylum using legal channels.Jorge Loweree, of the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit advocacy group, said Trump was doing something thats wholly new in historical terms.Its critical that people understand what the administration is doing, said Loweree, the councils managing director of programs and strategy. We have an administration that believes they can disappear who they want, where they want, to anywhere they want.Loweree argued that even if voters in November rejected what they saw as chaos at the border, that doesnt necessarily mean that they support these very draconian measures that are being implemented today.Few elected Republicans are speaking out, though some of Trumps outside allies have criticized what they see as overreach. Joe Rogan, the popular podcast host who endorsed Trump late in the campaign, voiced alarm at the case of Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela with no criminal record who was among those sent to El Salvadors maximum-security CECOT prison. You gotta get scared that people who are not criminals are getting like lassoed up and deported and sent to like El Salvador prisons, Rogan told his listeners. Thats horrific. And again, thats bad for the cause. Like the cause is lets get the gang members out. Everybody agrees. But lets not (have) innocent gay hairdressers get lumped up with the gangs.Signs of change?The April AP-NORC poll found that about half of Americans say Trump has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, compared with about 6 in 10 who say hes gone too far on imposing new tariffs on other countries.It found Americans split on mass deportations, with about 4 in 10 in favor of deporting all immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and a similar share opposed. The percentage who support mass deportations is down slightly from an AP-NORC poll conducted in January, just before Trump took office.Still, about one-third of U.S. adults say Trumps actions have been about right on immigration, and about 2 in 10 think he hasnt gone far enough.One case that has gained traction nationally is that of Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident from El Salvador who was sent to CECOT despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation. Trump officials have said that Abrego Garcia has ties to the MS-13 gang, a claim Abrego Garcias attorneys deny, and noted that his wife once sought a protective order against him. El Salvadors president, Nayib Bukele, has said he will not let Abrego Garcia leave the country.More Democrats have traveled to El Salvador to highlight the case. And people angry about the situation have confronted Republican lawmakers, including at a contentious town hall Wednesday hosted by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, during which several members of the audience shouted at him to push for Abrego Garcias return. The White House has embraced the fight. A request for Democrats please continue to make defending criminal illegal immigrants your top messaging point, wrote Trumps director of communications, Steven Cheung.Some in the party have urged it to steer clear. Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., called the case a distraction from issues such as tariffs that have emerged as a bigger weakness for Trump.This is the debate (Republicans) want. This is their 80-20 issue, as theyve described it, he said of Republicans on his podcast. Its a tough case, because, he said, it risks people wondering, are they defending MS-13?But Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, is urging Democrats to seize on the case. He says border issues are much more nuanced than immigration good for Trump, bad for Democrats and believes that voters are on their side.If we cant stand up against the illegal rendition of the father of a U.S. child to a prison known for torture, then I dont really know what were doing, he said.___Associated Press polling editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux in Washington contributed to this report. JILL COLVIN Colvin is an Associated Press national political reporter covering the 2024 presidential campaign. 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WASHINGTONPromising to use all of his power as health secretary to find a cure for the condition, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly directed the National Institutes of Health on Friday to create a registry of U.S. introverts who sometimes get social anxiety. When I was younger, there were never people who liked to spend time home alone by themselves, but now its a national epidemic, said Kennedy, who delivered the remarks at a press conference during which he confirmed federal researchers were working hard to develop treatments for individuals who felt occasionally felt uncomfortable in crowded rooms. These people cant live normal lives. They cant make small talk. They cant dance. Theyll never go to a backyard barbecue where they only kind of know one person from work. At press time, experts were warning that the registry could be used to round up introverts for karaoke.The post RFK Jr. Starts National Registry Of Introverts Who Sometimes Get Social Anxiety appeared first on The Onion.

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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at court in Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)2025-04-25T04:01:47Z CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before being ousted in 2023 by his House colleagues, pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.He admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people, including his family members, to fund his winning campaign. As part of a plea deal, Santos has agreed to pay roughly $580,000 in penalties in addition to prison time.The 36-year-old told The Associated Press hes resigned to his fate.Im doing as well as any human being would be doing given the circumstances, Santos wrote in a text message on Thursday. I will be in court tomorrow, ready to face the music. Prosecutors are seeking seven years in federal prison for Santos, arguing in recent court filings that he remains unrepentant and has not shown genuine remorse, despite what he claims. They cite recent comments Santos has made on social media in which he casts himself as a victim of prosecutorial overreach. In a letter to the court this week, Santos stressed that he remains profoundly sorry for his crimes but objects to the sentence being sought, which he said is overly harsh. Santos lawyers have called for a two-year prison stint, which is the mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated identity theft. They argue such a penalty is comparable to sentences handed to former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and other political figures convicted of similar financial crimes.Santos was elected in 2022, flipping a wealthy district representing parts of Queens and Long Island for the GOP.Soon after, it was revealed that the political unknown had fabricated much of his life story, painting himself as a successful business owner who worked at prestigious Wall Street firms and held a valuable real estate portfolio. In reality, Santos was struggling financially and even faced eviction. The revelations led to congressional and criminal inquiries into how he had funded his campaign.As his sentencing approached, Santos was reflective in social media posts, thanking his supporters and detractors alike.I learned that no matter left, right or, center we are all humans and for the most part Americans (LOL) and we have one super power that I cherish and that is compassion, he wrote Thursday on the social platform X. To the trolls well you guys are an impactful part of how people shape themselves, and yall made me much stronger and made my skin thicker!He also made one final plug for his Cameo account, where he records personalized video messages for $100.Think ahead and of any celebration or event coming up later this year. Book them today, Santos wrote, ending the post with a series of heart emojis.___Associated Press reporter Jake Offenhartz in New York contributed to this story.___Follow Philip Marcelo at twitter.com/philmarcelo. PHILIP MARCELO Marcelo is a general assignment reporter in the NYC bureau. He previously wrote for AP Fact Check and before that was based in Boston, where he focused on race and immigration. twitter mailto

Kashmiri villager women walk past the blown-up family home of Asif Shiekh, a militant who officials all is involved in the deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, at Monghama village in Tral, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)2025-04-25T11:03:57Z NEW DELHI (AP) India and Pakistan have intensified their hostilities over the hotly contested Kashmir region following a massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists, which New Delhi linked to Pakistan. Pakistan denies it was behind Tuesdays attack by gunmen on a group of tourists in Kashmir. Both sides have since escalated the tensions by exchanging diplomatic and trade sanctions against each other and raising fears of a military conflict. Here are five reasons why a flare-up between India and Pakistan matters: The Kashmir attack can lead to an armed conflict between two neighborsUnder intense domestic pressure, India has hinted at the possibility of a limited military strike on Pakistan in response to what it called the terror attack with cross-border links. Pakistan made it clear that it will respond militarily to an attack.This raises fears that an escalation by any one side can lead to a wider war. The last time the two nations came to blows was in 2019, when a suicide car bombing killed 40 Indian soldiers in Kashmir.In 2021, the sides renewed a ceasefire agreement along their border, which has largely held. That relative calm was broken on Thursday after a brief exchange of fire between their armies. Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint between the archrivalsBoth India and Pakistan are armed with nuclear weapons. There are fears that any conventional war or skirmish between them could potentially turn into a nuclear exchange.India and Pakistan have fought two major wars, in 1965 and 1971, but in 1974, India conducted its first nuclear tests, raising the stakes in any military conflict. It triggered a nuclear race and Pakistan reached that same milestone in 1998. Since then, India and Pakistan have had one major border skirmish in 1999 that killed at least 1,000 combatants. The fighting only stopped after U.S. intervened. A conflict could drag in ChinaIndia and China are geopolitical rivals whose armies clashed along the disputed Himalayan border in 2020. Ties between the Asian giants have improved since but they still maintain large numbers of troops on their borders. Their borders are also contiguous to Pakistans, making it the worlds only three-way nuclear junction.Beijing also controls a part of the Kashmir region that New Delhi says belongs to India.On the other hand, China is also a main ally of Pakistan and has helped advance its missile programs, creating additional military concerns for New Delhi. Meanwhile, India maintains strong defense ties with the U.S., which has long sought to limit Beijings rise in the Indo-Pacific region.Experts say any conflict between India and Pakistan is unlikely to stay strictly between them, as their strategic partners are likely to get involved.Kashmir tensions can lead to a war over waterIn response to the massacre, India suspended a crucial treaty that governs the flow of river waters into Pakistan. Pakistan said it would consider any attempt to stop the flow of water from India an act of war.Under the Indus Water treaty, India is obliged to let six rivers flow freely to Pakistan. If India follows through and restricts the flow, it can have a devastating impact on Pakistans agriculture as it battles acute water shortages.Its also also a major environmental issue. Water insecurity is a big concern in both India and Pakistan due to rapidly growing populations and climate change. Attacks by militants and rights abuses in Kashmir test worlds responseRights groups including the U.N. have blamed New Delhi for rights violations including civilian killings and arbitrary arrests in Indian-controlled Kashmir as a result of an intense crackdown by Indian forces. It has hurt Indias human rights record and raised concerns that global powers are not doing enough to pressure New Delhi and hold it accountable. Militants fighting against Indian rule have also killed scores of civilians, including Hindu pilgrims.India has used military response against militants as part of its efforts to eradicate terrorism, saying it threatens regional stability. SHEIKH SAALIQ Saaliq covers news across India and the South Asia region for The Associated Press, often focusing on politics, democracy, conflict and religion. He is based in New Delhi. twitter mailto

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Youth take part in the "Run the Wall" activity to raise awareness on the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, as they run past the Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)2025-04-25T14:13:35Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israels nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.The WFP said in a statement that it delivered the last of its stocks to charity kitchens that it supports around Gaza. It said those kitchens are expected to run out of food in the coming days.Some 80% of Gazas population of more than 2 million relies primarily on charity kitchens for food, because other sources have shut down under Israels blockade, according to the U.N. The WFP has been supporting 37 kitchens that produced some 500,000 meals a day. It was not immediately clear how many kitchens would still be operating in Gaza if those shut down.Israel cut off entry of all food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza on March 2, saying it aimed to pressure Hamas to release hostages it still holds. Rights groups have called the blockade a starvation tactic and a potential war crime.

Italian Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, center, takes an oath at the beginning of the conclave to elect the next pope in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano via AP, File)2025-04-25T12:54:50Z Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to Hollywood.Conclave the film, a moody 2024 political thriller, introduced many laypeople to the ancient selection process with its arcane rules and grand ceremony, albeit with a silver screen twist packed full of palace intrigue and surprise.Though it has its critics, the film treats the gravity of a papal election with respect and accurately portrays many rituals and contemporary problems facing todays Catholic Church. But Vatican experts warn the movie doesnt get everything right.Heres a look at what Conclave does get right and wrong about conclaves. (Spoilers ahead.) Scenery and aestheticsThe movie excels at re-creating the look and feel of a conclave.The film gets a lot right. They tried to reproduce the mise-en-scene of the Vatican accurately, William Cavanaugh, a Catholic studies professor at DePaul University in Chicago, said in an email. They show that a lot of the drama is around the preconclave conversations among cardinals.Its not a perfect re-creation, according to the Rev. Thomas Reese, a senior analyst with the Religion News Service and a Vatican expert. He called the movies production values marvelous, but noted slight discrepancies in the cardinals dress.The red in the cardinals garments was a deep red, while the reality is more orange. Frankly, I like the Hollywood version better, Reese, a Jesuit priest who wrote Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church, said in an email. Papal protocolsThe movie aligns with real-life expectations for a quick conclave, said Massimo Faggioli, a historical theology professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.A long conclave would send the message of a Church divided and possibly on the verge of a schism. The history of the conclaves in the last century is really a story of short conclaves, he said via email.Reese pointed out other discrepancies. While the voting process was depicted accurately, he said, the ballots are burned not after each vote, but after each session, which is typically two votes. Holy plot holesThere are a few particularly egregious errors that, if corrected, would lead to a very different movie.A key character in the film, the archbishop of Kabul, Afghanistan, arrives just before the conclave with paperwork declaring the late pope had made him a cardinal in pectore in secret allowing him to vote for the next pope. The biggest mistake in the movie was the admission of a cardinal in pectore into the conclave, said Reese. If the name is not announced publicly by the pope in the presence of the College of Cardinals, he has no right to attend a conclave.Cavanaugh agreed and noted that while the movies twist about the Kabul archbishop was far-fetched, it does point to a certain truth about conclaves.The cardinals do not always know who theyre getting when they elect a pope, he said. If the cardinals knew how (Jorge Mario) Bergoglio would be as Pope Francis, many of them wouldnt have voted for him. Pius IX was elected as a liberal and turned into an archconservative. John XXIII was supposed to be a jolly caretaker pope, and he unleashed Vatican II, a series of modernizing reforms. Another of the movies more outlandish storylines involves the dean of the College of Cardinals breaking the seal of the confessional by revealing to another cardinal what a nun confessed to him, said Reese.He committed a mortal sin and would be automatically excommunicated. Such an action would be egregiously wrong, Reese said.In addition to that, a cardinal paying for votes, as shown in the film, is unheard of in modern times, said Cavanaugh, and the politicking is exaggerated. And so are the politics. The movie errs in making cardinals into either liberal or conservative champions, said Kurt Martens, professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington. Those labels dont help us, he said because cardinals are very cautious in expressing their opinions and even someone we think is a liberal cardinal is pretty conservative by secular standards. And he added that even in an unusually large conclave like this years, the rule requiring the next pope wins at least a two-thirds majority of the vote ensures that whatever we call extreme likely wont get enough votes.___Associated Press writers Giovanna DellOrto and Nicole Winfield contributed to this report. ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. HOLLY MEYER Meyer helps lead the APs Global Religion team. She is based in Nashville, Tennessee. mailto

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A judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case involving five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The ruling means a new trial will be held, and jury selection for it began Friday.

Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she intentionally misdirected federal agents away from an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said in a social media post that he later deleted.

Companies make packaged food without synthetic dyes in other countries. But despite pressure from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the change isnt likely to happen quickly in the United States.

Beginning May 7, Americans will not be able to go through airport security or enter federal buildings without Real ID. The Onion shares everything you need to know about Real ID amid the looming deadline.Q: What am I required to do to obtain a Real ID?A: Way, way too much.Q: Do I need an appointment to get my Real ID at the DMV?A: Your local DMV dares you not to make an appointment and see how that turns out.Q: Why did Congress pass the Real ID Act in the first place?A: You promised to never forget.Q: How will Glen Powell be affected by Real ID?A: Whether or not he applies before the deadline, Powell will likely remain one of the most promising up-and-coming movie stars able to please both critics and audiences alike.Q: As the U.S. teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, is opting into a federally mandated ID program a good idea?A: Depends how badly you want to visit Jacksonville.Q: What happens if I fail to get a Real ID by the deadline?A: You will have to find ways to confront your own mortality that dont include plane crashes.The post What To Know About The Real ID Deadline appeared first on The Onion.

ST. LOUISApologizing to all customers who had received a defective product, pet food giant Fancy Feast issued a massive recall Friday for 1 million cans of food that cats just kind of stared at before wandering away. Any cans of Fancy Feast Classic Pat, Grilled, or Gravy Lovers should be returned for a full refund due to an issue where cats sniff at them a few times and then leave without taking a single bite, said a recall announcement on the companys website, adding that cats would not even return to consume the affected cans later on, when they were meowing at their owners to indicate they were hungry. Weve received multiple reports that cats are giving the involved products blank, unimpressed looks despite the fact that they seemed to go nuts for the stuff just last week. Unfortunately, the problem appears to persist even after stirring in a few of those crispy salmon treats they love, since theyll just pick out the treats and leave the rest behind. Fancy Feast also recommended throwing out any cardboard boxes the cans had arrived in due to the risk of cats playing around in the containers instead of the enormous cat tree their owners dropped 200 bucks on.The post Fancy Feast Recalls 1 Million Cans Of Food That Cats Just Kind Of Stared At Before Wandering Away appeared first on The Onion.

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Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jos Luis Villegas, Pool, File)2025-04-25T14:52:41Z Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration MILWAUKEE (AP) The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said. Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse.Patel identified the subject as Eduardo Flores Ruiz and said Dugans actions allowed Ruiz to evade arrest.The Justice Department didnt immediately have a comment Friday. A person answering the phone Friday at Dugans office said he could not comment. The Associated Press left an email and voicemail Friday morning seeking comment from Milwaukee County Courts Chief Judge Carl Ashley.The arrest marks an escalation in the Trump administrations fight with the judiciary over the White Houses sweeping immigration enforcement policies. The Justice Department had previously signaled that it was going to crack down on local officials thwarting federal immigration efforts. The department in January ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the administrations immigration crackdown.

In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)2025-04-25T14:58:54Z President Donald Trump is badgering the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, but even if the Fed gave in to the pressure, it wouldnt necessarily lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers. In fact, economists say, Trumps ongoing attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his tariff policies could keep the longer-term interest rates that matter for consumers and businesses higher than they otherwise would be. A less-independent Fed can lead, over time, to higher borrowing costs, as investors worry that inflation may spike in the future. As a result they demand higher yields to own Treasury securities.Trump has repeatedly urged Powell to cut the short-term interest rate that the central bank controls. The Fed typically reduces its rate during an economic downturn to encourage more borrowing and spending, and raises it to cool the economy and fight inflation when prices rise. But long-term rates on things like mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards are largely set by market forces. And in recent weeks, fears that Trumps sweeping tariffs could raise inflation, along with the administrations threats to the Feds independence, have led markets to push those longer term rates higher. Its not clear that the Fed can fully reverse those trends by itself. Its not automatically true that even if the Fed were to cut rates, that you would see a measured decline in long-term interest rates, Francesco Bianchi, an economist at Johns Hopkins University, said. This kind of pressure on the Fed might backfire...if markets dont believe the Fed has inflation under control. Trump renewed calls on Wednesday and Thursday for Powell to reduce the Feds short-term rate, telling reporters that the chair is making a mistake by not doing so. And last week, Trump suggested he could fire Powell, while a top aide said that the White House was studying whether it could do so. Stock markets plunged in response, the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond rose, and the dollar fell, an unusual combination that suggested investors were selling most American assets. Markets recovered those losses after Trump said on Tuesday that he had no intention of firing the Fed chair. Still, the threats to the Feds independence unnerved Wall Street investors, because they see a Fed free from political pressure as critical to keeping inflation in check. An independent Fed can take unpopular steps, such as raising rates, to fight inflation. Threatening the Fed doesnt soothe markets it spooks them, said Lauren Goodwin, chief market strategist at New York Life Investments. And the result is often the opposite of what any administration wants to see: higher rates, weaker confidence, and more market turmoil. Since Trump began imposing tariffs in early March, when he slapped duties on Canada and Mexico, the 10-year Treasury yield has risen from 4.15% to about 4.3%. The yield is a benchmark for mortgage rates and other borrowing. Mortgage rates, in turn, have increased during that time, from 6.6% to 6.8%. While Trump says he is negotiating over tariffs with many countries, most economists expect some level of duties to remain in place for at least this year, including his 10% duties on nearly all imports.The 10-year yield did fall Thursday when two Federal Reserve officials said that rate cuts are possible as soon as this summer, should the economy falter and unemployment rise. Yet last fall, longer-term interest rates also fell in anticipation of rate cuts, but then rose once the Fed cut in September and then continued to rise as the central bank reduced its rate again in November two days after the election and in December. Mortgage rates are now higher than they were when the Fed cut. A range of factors can affect longer-term Treasury rates, including expectations for future growth and inflation, as well as the supply and demand for government bonds. Bianchi worries that stubbornly high government budget deficits which are financed by trillions of dollars of Treasurys could also lift long-term rates. Should the Fed cut rates now, llonger-term borrowing costs would move in the opposite direction, absolutely, Goodwin said, because the threat of inflation is so palpable -- that move would call their credibility into question.Trump said in a social media post this week that there is virtually No Inflation and as a result, the Fed should lower its key rate, from its current level of about 4.3%. Many economists expect the central bank will do so this year. But Powell has underscored that the central bank wants to evaluate the impact of Trumps policies before making any moves. Inflation has fallen in recent months, dropping to 2.4% in March, the lowest level since last September. Yet excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inflation was 2.8%. Core prices often provide a better signal of where inflation is headed. A key issue for the Fed is that the economy is very different now than it was during Trumps first term. Back then inflation was actually below the Feds target. At that time, it was a no-brainer to cut rates, Bianchi said, if there was a threat of a recession, because inflation wasnt an issue.But now, tariffs will almost certainly lift prices in the coming months, at least temporarily. That raises the bar much higher for a Fed rate cut, Bianchi said. Still, once there are clear signs the economy is deteriorating, such as a rising unemployment rate, the Fed will cut rates, regardless of what Trump does, economists said. Trump on Monday accused Powell of often being too late with his rate decisions, but ironically the Fed may move more slowly this time because of the threat of higher prices from tariffs. Without clear evidence of a downturn, Fed officials would worry about being seen as giving in to political pressure from Trump if they cut. Powell knows the irreparable damage that would occur if it was perceived that he cut because he was forced to by Trump, said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at PGIM Fixed Income. The Fed now will be even more delayed because I think youre going get more of an inflation lift initially, before you get the more pronounced slowing in growth, Porcelli said. Either way it may take more than a Fed cut or two to bring down longer-term borrowing costs, Bianchi said. To really lower long-term rates you need to provide a stable macroeconomic environment, and right now we are not there yet, he added. CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Rugaber has covered the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for the AP for 16 years. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Ruben Amorim has been dealt another blow after confirming Diogo Dalot could miss the rest of the season with a calf injury.

The National Women's Soccer League has formally applied to the U.S. Soccer Federation to create a new Division II league.

President Trump said that were meeting with China on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.

Federal prosecutors wanted Mr. Santos, whose pattern of lies and fraud led to his expulsion from Congress, to receive a lengthy sentence to protect the public from future fraud.

CAMBRIDGE, MAUncovering a troubling disruption of Americas ecological systems, a study published Friday by researchers at Harvard University found that plants have become increasingly reliant on gig workers for pollination. Freelance pollen transfer has always been a part of seed plant reproductive strategies, but we were shocked to discover that the number of gig pollinators has nearly quadrupled from where it was a decade ago, said the studys lead author, Shelby Haskins, adding that stable, well-compensated positions pollinating a single plant had become virtually nonexistent in todays more cutthroat ecosystem. We found bees working 18-hour days for three, sometimes even four different plant genera just to make ends meet. And bats have been so hard hit by these bare-bones contracts lasting only a few weeks that a lot of them have stopped pollinating altogether. Its unsustainable. These contract pollinators are working twice as hard only to have a lower standard of living than their great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents did just a few years ago. At press time, Haskins added that efforts by gig pollinators to organize for better conditions had so far been hampered by the winds willingness to pollinate for free.The post Study Finds Plants Increasingly Reliant On Gig Workers For Pollination appeared first on The Onion.

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2025-04-25T16:44:14Z The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday.Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the students records in a federal database of international students maintained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The records had been suddenly terminated in recent weeks, often without the students or their schools being notified.A lawyer for the government read a statement in federal court in Oakland that said ICE was manually restoring the student status for people whose records were terminated in recent weeks. A similar statement was read by a government attorney in a separate case in Washington on Friday, said lawyer Brian Green, who represents the plaintiff in that case. Green provided The Associated Press with a copy of the statement that the government lawyer emailed to him. It says: ICE is developing a policy that will provide a framework for SEVIS record terminations. Until such a policy is issued, the SEVIS records for plaintiff(s) in this case (and other similarly situated plaintiffs) will remain Active or shall be re-activated if not currently active and ICE will not modify the record solely based on the NCIC finding that resulted in the recent SEVIS record termination. Green said that the government lawyer said it would apply to all students in the same situation, not just those who had filed lawsuits. SEVIS is the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems database that tracks international students compliance with their visa status. NCIC is the National Crime Information Center, which is maintained by the FBI. Many of the students whose records were terminated were told that their status was terminated as a result of a criminal records check or that their visa had been revoked. International students and their schools were caught off guard by the terminations of the students records. Many of the terminations were discovered when school officials were doing routine checks of the international student database or when they checked specifically after hearing about other terminations. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)2025-04-25T12:39:41Z Forecasters on Friday warned low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk that fire could develop across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to battle a vast wildfire in the Pine Barrens. The National Weather Service discouraged any outdoor burning with low humidity, temperatures reaching near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) and southerly winds that could gust up to 20 mph (32 kph) across a swath of the Mid-Atlantic. Theres a chance of rain over the weekend in the region, where officials said fires also burned uncontained in Pennsylvania on Friday.In its most recent update, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said about half of the fire spread over nearly 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) in the southern part of the state was contained. No injuries or deaths have been reported, but buildings have burned along with cars. Officials have charged a 19-year-old man from the area with starting the blaze that led to the wildfire. Prosecutors on Thursday said Joseph Kling, 19, from Waretown, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with arson and aggravated arson, saying he lit wooden pallets on fire and left the area before they were fully put out. A public defender representing him during the hearing said she had nothing further when asked by a judge.The New Jersey Office of the Public Defender cannot comment on pending cases at this early stage of the legal process, other than to remind everyone that individuals are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law, said Cristina LiBassi a spokesperson with the Office of the Public Defender in an email Friday. Attempts to reach Kling by phone were not successful.Authorities first spotted the blaze Tuesday morning from a fire tower when a smoke column appeared amid the pines. Law enforcement said they used a GPS to plot the origin of the fire and determined the cause was a bonfire that hadnt been put out. Speaking Thursday afternoon at a news conference, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said we can confidently say that we think the fire was set intentionally. He declined further comment on why authorities believe the man they arrested was responsible and other matters related to the investigation since it remains ongoing.Its forest fire season in the pinelands, a wilderness that encompasses more than 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) an area roughly as large as the Grand Canyon. Firefighters are contending with low humidity and the aftermath of a monthslong drought in the region. New Jersey is the nations most densely populated state and officials have warned the fire could threaten developments nearby, although parts of the Pine Barrens are uninhabited. The fire had grown to more than 23.8 square miles (about 62 square kilometers) on Thursday.Officials said the fire is believed to be the second-worst in recent years in New Jersey, smaller only than a 2007 blaze that burned 26 square miles (67 square kilometers). Jim and Lenore Thoms, who own a business in an industrial park near the blaze, called the fire a very scary experience and praised the efforts of firefighters.The firefighters were phenomenal, they saved this whole park, Jim Thoms said. If they werent around, the way things were going on, you might not have seen any buildings at all.The fire is roughly 54 miles (87 kilometers) south of New York City. Its about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of Philadelphia. Some 115 miles (186 kilometers) to the west of Philadelphia in south-central Pennsylvania, firefighters battled two fires around Michaux State Forest covering a combined 2.1 square miles (5.4 square kilometers), authorities said.A spokesman for Pennsylvanias Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said warm, dry conditions and winds made the fires difficult to contain, although no structures had yet been consumed by midday Friday.On Thursday, New York officials warned of higher-than-normal pollution levels were possible in New York City, Rockland and Westchester counties, and in Long Islands Nassau and Suffolk counties. Officials said New Jerseys fire is believed to be the second-worst in recent years, smaller only than a 2007 blaze that burned 26 square miles (67 square kilometers).Video released by the state agency overseeing the fire service showed billowing white and black clouds of smoke, intense flames engulfing pines and firefighters dousing a charred structure.The Pine Barrens sit between Philadelphia to the west and the Atlantic coast to the east. In the region with quick-draining sandy soil and trees with still-developing leaves, humidity remains low and winds can kick up, drying out the forest floor.___Associated Press journalists Tassanee Vejpongsa in Waretown, New Jersey, and Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania contributed to this report. MIKE CATALINI Catalini covers government, elections and news primarily in New Jersey for The Associated Press. He focuses on accountability and how policy affects people. twitter