JOE KENT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION ON TUESDAY, CITING HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR MILITARY STRIKES IN IRAN AND SAYING HE “CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE” BACK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S WAR.
KENT, AS HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, WAS IN CHARGE OF AN AGENCY TASKED WITH ANALYZING AND DETECTING TERRORIST THREATS.
THE VATICAN APPEALS COURT OF JUSTICE DECLARED A MISTRIAL TUESDAY IN THE HOLY SEE’S BIG “TRIAL OF THE CENTURY,” A STUNNING BLOW TO BOTH POPE FRANCIS’ LEGACY AND VATICAN PROSECUTORS WHO HAD PUT A CARDINAL AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON TRIAL OVER ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES.
THE COURT SET JUNE 22ND AS THE DATE FOR THE NEW TRIAL TO BEGIN.
AN ADVOCACY GROUP HOPING TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR CHILD AND ELDER CARE PLANS TO SPEND $50 MILLION TO BACK DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESSIONAL RACES, TYING THE COSTS OF CAREGIVING TO THE NATION’S AFFORDABILITY DEBATE.
THE CAMPAIGN FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY ECONOMY, CREATED A DECADE AGO, AIMS TO MAKE CAREGIVER ISSUES MORE SALIENT IN ELECTIONS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS THE COST OF CHILD CARE CONTINUES TO RISE AND AS WAITING LISTS FOR FEDERAL CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES, WHICH SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES IN POVERTY, CONTINUE TO GROW.
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