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U.S. House Rules Committee meets after the Senate passed President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 1, 2025. After House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., set a new House floor speech record in remarks objecting to GOP-backing of One Big Beautiful Bill Act July 3, 2025, the House voted on the measure. (OSV News/Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

House approves Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' after Senate passage

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, speaks in the House chamber as House Democrats stand to applaud him, prior to the final vote for President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol, July 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

Editorial: Trump's bill, set to be signed on July 4th, shows democracy in decay

Nuns stand next to copies of L'Osservatore Romano, a Vatican newspaper, with headlines about Pope Leo XIV

Vatican downplays role of leaked documents on Pope Francis' decision to restrict Latin Mass

Bishop Joseph Brennan of Fresno, Calif., concelebrates Mass in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 27, 2020. (CNS/Stefano Dal Pozzolo)

Fresno Diocese files bankruptcy, citing abuse claims and need for reconciliation