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Disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens’s (R.) campaign to succeed retiring Sen. Roy Blunt Roy Dean Blunt Senate GOP opens door to earmarks Thune: 'There are Republicans who would vote' for smaller infrastructure package Republicans can't handle the truth about taxes MORE (R) in Missouri is causing headaches for Senate Republicans, who fear that he could endanger their chances of holding an otherwise safe seat for the GOP. Republicans inside and outside of Missouri have been weighing their options to ensure that Greitens doesn’t emerge as the clear favorite in the race. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who launched a Senate campaign last month, met with GOP leaders in Washington recently, and party operatives are scrambling to recruit a handful of other Republicans into the race. But Greitens has sought to tie his political fortunes to former President Trump Donald Trump Biden to move ahead with billion UAE weapons sale approved by Trump Fox … [Read more...] about Greitens Senate bid creates headache for GOP

ROME — The Church’s essential task is praying and teaching others to pray, Pope Francis declared during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday. Prayer is “the breath of faith,” the pontiff stated during his live-streamed address from the Library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, and “we grow in faith inasmuch as we learn to pray.” “After certain passages in life, we become aware that without faith we could not have made it and that our strength was prayer – not only personal prayer, but also that of our brothers and sisters, and of the community that accompanied and supported us, of the people who know us, of the people we ask to pray for us,” he added. The Church is “a great school of prayer,” Francis said, and “communities and groups dedicated to prayer flourish in the Church. Some Christians even feel the call to make prayer the primary action of their day.” Pope Francis insisted Wednesday on the centrality of prayer in a Christian’s life, declaring that prayer has a … [Read more...] about Pope Francis: Prayer Is ‘the Church’s Essential Task’

close Video AstraZeneca US chief lauds new vaccine, dismisses blood clot concerns AZ US President Ruud Dobber tells 'Your World' studies showed no significant clotting side effects BARCELONA, Spain – European countries diverged Wednesday on whether they would push ahead with giving their residents Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of very rare blood clots in a handful of recipients in the United States. While some European Union members put the vaccine on hold as recommended by the American company, Poland, France and Hungary said they would go ahead and administer the doses that had arrived as the EU's 27 nations face continuing pressure to speed up their immunization drives. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, distributed in Europe by its subsidiary Janssen, is a key part of Europe's vaccination campaign, which has been criticized as sluggish. Of the four vaccines currently approved for use in the EU, J&J's is the only … [Read more...] about Denmark won’t use AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following reports of rare blood clots