LOOP: Trump announces major trade deal with EU

MONDAY, JULY 28 TRUMP MAKES MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH EU President Donald Trump on Sunday unveiled a major trade deal with the EU, setting a 15% tariff on European goods like cars, while maintaining 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum. As part of the agreement, the EU pledged to buy $750 billion in US goods.  READ KAISER PERMANENTE TO HALT 'TRANS' SURGERIES ON KIDS  Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest healthcare providers, announced that starting August 29, it will pause subjecting people under the age of 19 to gender "transition" surgeries. The company's announcement cited intensified federal investigations and regulatory pressure from the Trump administration.  READ MAN STABS ELEVEN PEOPLE AT MICHIGAN WALMART  Police have identified 42-year-old Bradford James Gille as the man who stabbed 11 people at a Walmart Superstore in Michigan Saturday afternoon. Gille used a folding knife in the attack, and the victims ranged in age from 29 to 85, with six of them over 60. He is now awaiting arraignment on one count of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder. READ REP. MASSIE'S PLAN TO FORCE A VOTE ON EPSTEIN FILES  Republican Rep. Thomas Massie announced Sunday that he intends to force a House vote after the August recess to release Jeffrey Epstein's files, using a discharge petition with bipartisan support. READ PROSECUTORS: WOMAN TEXTED ABOUT MURDERING BABY  A Florida college student charged for the death of her newborn baby texted about killing the infant girl before the birth, according to prosecutors. The attorneys argue the text messages, found on University of Tampa student Brianna Moore's phone, prove that she intended to kill her baby. READ PARISH OPENS ROOM FOR AUTISTIC PARISHIONERS  Saint Pius X Church in Granger, Indiana, has introduced a dedicated space to better serve individuals with sensory processing challenges. The sensory room is designed to accommodate parishioners, especially children, with autism or related conditions that may make regular Mass settings feel overwhelming to them.  READ   FDA ABORTION DRUG APPROVAL FACES NEW CHALLENGE  The think tank Advancing American Freedom is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release records on the abortion drug mifepristone's approval, accusing the agency of using "illegal shortcuts" in 2000.  READ AD: PRIORITIZE FAITH, FAMILY, & FINANCES  Taylor Frigon serves clients at every stage of wealth, from first-time investors to high-net-worth families and organizations seeking full-service wealth guidance. LEARN MORE POPE LEO GIVES INSPIRING TAKE ON THE 'OUR FATHER'  "We cannot pray to God as 'Father' and then be harsh and insensitive towards others," Pope Leo XIV told those assembled in St. Peter's Square for his first Angelus Address yesterday. "This is the prayer that unites all Christians, in which the Lord invites us to address God as 'Abba,' 'Father,' with childlike 'simplicity, filial trust… boldness, the certainty of being loved,'" the Holy Father said, quoting the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  READ A CATHOLIC CHATBOT?  A Flemish Catholic youth organization has launched what it calls a Catholic AI chatbot, aiming to help young people navigate questions of faith and identity in a digital age often dominated by polarizing voices.  READ HOPE IN THE FACE OF HORROR  Catastrophic events like the flood in Texas are sometimes too much for our brains to fathom. And tragedies like the loss of little girls at a campground leave us grasping for reason or hope. To say "don't lose hope your daughter will be found!" to the parents of still-missing girls days after the flooding is almost offensive. We know we can't place a realistic hope in something like that. Here is the real hope that remains present in horrific realities, and why we must hold onto it for dear life.  READ CATHOLIC 101  "When my wife and I decided to start praying together, we knew we needed something that fit our life and reality—six kids, full-time jobs, and 'free time' that is counted in minutes, not hours," writes Rob Sexton. Here's the simple prayer that sustains his home and marriage.  READ SAINT OF THE DAY  Today, the Church celebrates Pope Saint Victor I, who served as pope from 189 to 199. A native African, Victor was the first pope to celebrate the liturgy and write Church documents in Latin rather than Greek. He also decreed that Easter should be universally celebrated on a Sunday, a practice already common in the West, but not so in the East. READ DAILY PSALM  "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good." (Psalm 106:1)  READ DAILY READINGS  Today's Mass readings.  READ A MARTYR FOR THE POOR  On July 28, 1981, Father Stanley Rother was martyred. After spending his life serving the poor in Guatemala, Rother was executed by a death squad that worked with the Guatemalan Army. Rother knew they were coming for him, but when given the choice to abandon his work, he chose to stay in danger and continue what God called him to do.  READ Paid for by CatholicVote Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization. Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here. CATHOLICVOTE  |  PO Box 3310  |  Carmel, IN 46082  |  (317) 669-6127