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Pope Leo XIV has named three new bishops in the United States, each of whom have been vocal critics of President Trump.Evelio Menjivar, a formerly undocumented immigrant, will be the new bishop for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia, and Gary Studniewski and Robert Boxie III will be auxiliary bishops in Washington, D.C. The appointments indicate a deliberate choice on the pope’s part to select representatives in the United States who will be similarly unafraid to raise their voices against the Trump administration.Menjivar, who immigrated from El Salvador to the U.S. in the trunk of a car when he was a teenager, decried Trump’s immigration crackdown last year in the National Catholic Reporter. “The federal government has pursued a ‘shock and awe’ campaign of aggressive threats and highly visible operations of questionable legality that go far beyond mere immigration ‘enforcement,’” he wrote. “We must stand with those at risk … and we cannot let the dark side of anti-immigrant animus take hold.”Father Studniewski, a former U.S. Army chaplain who serves in the Chevy Chase area, called the January 6 insurrection “very disturbing, very disheartening.”*“It was a normal day, until all that sickening unrest in the afternoon,” he told Today’s Catholic in 2021. And Father Boxie, who serves at Howard University, was deeply critical of Trump’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion last year.“In a lot of ways we have made great progress, but in so many ways, I feel like we’re regressing,” said Boxie. “It’s really frustrating—especially this moment that we’re living in. The attacks on ‘DEI’—I don’t even know what that means anymore. It’s a term that’s been hijacked. It means a lot of things to a lot of different people.”* This article previously misstated the location of Father Studniewski’s church.

SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains spoilers for the film The Drama. If you purchased a ticket to The Drama expecting a light-hearted romantic comedy, you, too, might have found yourself choking on your popcorn about ten minutes in. The promotion surrounding A24’s latest filmwas intentionally tight-lipped, trailers hinting only at some unspecified rift between a couple leading up to their wedding, but no one could have guessed the real premise: an exploration of America’s chronic mass shooting problem, and what forgiveness looks like for people who consider—yet never actually commit—terrible acts of violence.

It’s a technical argument under the War Powers Act that’s designed to dissuade lawmakers who were getting interested in a debate.

Trump’s risky gamble to stop Iran from exporting oil shows no signs of succeeding, experts say.

President Donald Trump claimed Friday it’s unconstitutional to seek congressional approval for war. Speaking to the press outside the White House, Trump whined that he should not have to comply with the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which requires the president to withdraw his forces from a conflict after 60 days unless Congress declares war or approves an extension.“There’s no other country that’s ever done it, it’s never been uh, as you know—most people consider it totally unconstitutional. Also we had a ceasefire so that gives you additional time,” he falsely claimed.Trump claims it's unconstitutional to seek congressional authorization for war pic.twitter.com/W2rnTOXbDn— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2026“We’re on our way to another victory, a big victory. And I don’t think that it’s constitutional what they’re asking for. These are not patriotic people that are asking,” he said. The irony is that the War Powers Resolution is the only reason Trump’s reckless military campaign in Iran could even be considered constitutional in the first place. According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, Congress has sole power to declare war. The 60-day window is an exception to that rule. If the War Powers Resolution were totally void, Trump’s war in Iran would be illegal. (It already is, according to international law.)Trump has simultaneously tried to sidestep Congress’s 60-day deadline by buying into the argument that the clock stopped when a ceasefire was announced halfway through April.However, the U.S. is already testing the boundaries of its tenuous ceasefire with Iran by installing a military blockade on Iranian ports, an act of war according to international law, and even seizing an Iranian cargo ship. Meanwhile, Israel, America’s ally in its joint military operation, has not stopped its intense strikes in Lebanon, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

The war has almost no constituency outside of Donald Trump's biggest fans.