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Kate Scanlon is the National Reporter (D.C.) for OSV News.

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People hold signs as the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington hears arguments Dec. 4, 2024, over an appeal by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's decision upholding a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. (OSV News photo/Benoit Tessier, Reuters)

Trump signs executive order to prohibit gender transition procedures for minors

Kate Scanlon|Jan 28, 2025|2 Min Read

People take cellphone photos as U.S. President Donald Trump is projected on a screen during the 52nd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2025. That day, Trump used his executive authority to signed to measures to prevent the use of U.S. public funding for abortion at home and overseas. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller).

President bars taxpayer funding for abortion in the U.S. or overseas

Kate Scanlon|Jan 26, 2025|3 Min Read

U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington Jan. 20, 2025. He signed a series of executive orders including on immigration, birthright citizenship and climate. Trump also signed an order directing the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes, male and female. (OSV News photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty 'deeply troubling'

Kate Scanlon|Jan 22, 2025|3 Min Read

Migrant farmworkers attend an outdoor Mass Sept. 26, 2019, in Hatch, N.M. The Trump administration said Jan. 21, 2025, that it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Trump administration reverses policy to permit ICE arrests at churches

Kate Scanlon|Jan 21, 2025|3 Min Read

A migrant family is dropped off Dec. 13, 2022, at a local migrant shelter run by the Annunciation House in downtown El Paso, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 13, 2025, in the state's attorney general's case against Annunciation House, which has been helping immigrants at the U.S.-Texas border. (OSV News photo/Ivan Pierre Aguirre, Reuters)

Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in AG's attempt to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants

Kate Scanlon|Jan 14, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets U.S. President Joe Biden June 14, 2024, before the pontiff gave a speech to world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Borgo Egnazia in Italy's southern Puglia region. On Jan. 11, 2025, Biden spoke with the pope from the White House in Washington and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Biden had been scheduled to have an audience with the pope during a Jan. 9-12 trip to Rome but the president canceled the trip to amid the California wildfires. (CNS photo/courtesy of G7 Italia 2024)

Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation's highest civilian honor

Kate Scanlon|Jan 11, 2025|2 Min Read

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pictured in a July 17, 2023, photo. DeSantis will be among the speakers at the 52nd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kevin Wurm, Reuters)

March for Life speakers to include DeSantis, Bishop Thomas

Kate Scanlon|Jan 9, 2025|3 Min Read

A homeless man sits with his belongings in Prescott, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2024. On Dec. 27, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, which found homelessness in the U.S. has surged 18% to a new record in 2024. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Report: Homelessness reaches new record high amid affordable housing crunch

Kate Scanlon|Dec 30, 2024|4 Min Read

President-elect Donald Trump announced Dec. 20, 2024, that he was appointing Brian Burch, president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, as the next Holy See ambassador. Burch is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/CatholicVote)

Trump names CatholicVote's Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador

Kate Scanlon|Dec 20, 2024|3 Min Read

The Supreme Court is pictured in Washington June 29, 2024. The high court took up Dec. 18 a case concerning South Carolina's decision to disqualify Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, from participating in the state's Medicaid program. (OSV News photo/Kevin Mohatt, Reuters)

Supreme Court takes up S.C. Planned Parenthood defunding case

Kate Scanlon|Dec 19, 2024|3 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Bob Morris, R-Ind., is pictured in an undated photo. Indiana carried out its first execution since 2009 early on Dec. 18, 2024, and Morris is seeking to repeal the use of capital punishment in the state. (OSV News photo/courtesy Indiana House Republicans)

Indiana pro-life lawmaker seeks death penalty repeal as state resumes executions

Kate Scanlon|Dec 18, 2024|4 Min Read

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., listens to the national anthem during a ceremony in Washington Dec. 10, 2024. Johnson sparked controversy when he added language restricting certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for children of service members who identify as transgender on the military health plan to the National Defense Authorization Act, which is historically considered bipartisan legislation. (OSV News photo/Tierney Cross, Reuters)

Senate passes NDAA despite transgender policy controversy

Kate Scanlon|Dec 18, 2024|3 Min Read

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