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Rachel Acenas

San Diego

Freelance Breaking News Reporter at NTD Television

Freelance Reporter, @NTDNews

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  • 1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Rachel Acenas

    U.S. leaders on Thursday celebrated after an American pope was elected for the first time in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel shortly after 6 p.m. local time, signaling a new pontiff had been chosen after just two days of conclave deliberations. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, emerged on the balcony to greet the large crowds in the Vatican City in his first public appearance as the Catholic Church’s new leader.

  • 1 week ago | elepoch.com | Rachel Acenas

    El jueves, los líderes estadounidenses celebraron la elección del primer papa estadounidense en los 2000 años de historia de la Iglesia católica. Poco después de las 6 de la tarde, hora local, salió humo blanco de la chimenea de la Capilla Sixtina, lo que indicaba que se había elegido un nuevo pontífice tras solo dos días de deliberaciones en el cónclave.

  • 1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Rachel Acenas

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. government is reviewing the visa status of the ’trespassers and vandals who took over the university’s library.’5/7/2025Updated: 5/7/2025Multiple people were arrested on May 7 during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in New York. Dozens of protesters stood on tables, beat drums, and unfurled pro-Palestinian banners in the reading room of Columbia University’s main library on Wednesday.

  • 1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Rachel Acenas

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has captured three of the “Top 10 Most Wanted” fugitives in the world since President Donald Trump took office in January, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Wednesday. “Three in less than three months,” Patel stressed during opening remarks before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday. Patel highlighted the major arrests as House lawmakers reviewed the proposed 2026 budget for the bureau.

  • 1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Rachel Acenas

    The three must explain to a House committee their states’ immigration policies and cooperation with federal enforcement. 5/7/2025Updated: 5/7/2025Three Democrat governors will testify before House lawmakers next month about their states’ sanctuary policies. Govs. JB Pritzker, Tim Walz, and Kathy Hochul of Illinois, Minnesota, and New York, respectively, are scheduled to provide testimony on June 12.

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Rachel Acenas
Rachel Acenas @RachelAcenas
9 May 25

US Leaders React to Election of First American Pope https://t.co/silK9QjojS via @NTDNews

Rachel Acenas
Rachel Acenas @RachelAcenas
8 May 25

JUST IN ➡️ Pres. Trump issues statement congratulating Pope Leo XIV: "What a Great Honor for our Country" https://t.co/Cz6Z9JGq8j

Rachel Acenas
Rachel Acenas @RachelAcenas
8 May 25

BREAKING: HABEMUS PAPAM - "We have a pope!" Robert Francis Prevost, a U.S. cardinal, has been elected the first American Pope in history. The new pope has chosen the name Leo XIV. "God loves everyone," Pope Leo said in his first public remarks after being chosen as the new https://t.co/qzhW4n6ELz