Aaron Zitner
Political Reporter, Washington Bureau at The Wall Street Journal
Serving up hot stacks of facts for all you Jills and Jacks. Working on polls and politics for the Wall Street Journal.
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3 days ago |
wsj.com | Joshua Chaffin |Aaron Zitner
FLORISSANT, Mo.—The Catholic Church is struggling in St. Louis. Two years ago, the archdiocese closed or merged dozens of parishes due to declining attendance and a scarcity of priests. But just outside town, on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River, conservative Catholicism is flourishing.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Sadie Gurman |Aaron Zitner |Meridith McGraw
Federal courts raised the prospect of holding Trump officials in contempt. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has resisted calls to pre-emptively lower interest rates to cushion any economic fallout from Trump’s trade war. Former cybersecurity official Chris Krebs, targeted with a federal investigation for not going along with Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, quit his private-sector job so he could more freely battle the White House.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Sadie Gurman |Aaron Zitner |Meridith McGraw
Courts and universities try to preserve guardrails on presidential authority in the face of administration’s assertions of powerWASHINGTON—In moving to accumulate unprecedented power, President Trump has bulldozed his way through the traditional constraints of presidential authority with such force that institutions including universities, law firms and parts of Congress have been left reeling. This week, some started fighting back.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Aaron Zitner
In March, six weeks after President Trump appointed her to lead his White House Faith Office and set her up with an office in the West Wing, evangelical Christian leader Paula White preached in a YouTube sermon that the Passover-to-Easter period provided the faithful with an opportunity to receive “seven supernatural blessings.” “God will assign an angel to you,” she said. “He’ll be an enemy to your enemies.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Aaron Zitner
The video then pivoted into fundraising mode, outlining a series of gifts for honoring God and supporting her ministry, culminating in a Waterford crystal cross for a “Passover/Easter resurrection offering of $1,000 or more.” Next came footage of Trump in the Oval Office lauding White’s ministry and political work. “You have helped us so much in so many different ways,” Trump said.
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