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May 23, 2017

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his Bible-ban story

Pitching religious free expression, President Donald Trump accused the former Obama administration Thursday of banning patients at a military hospital from receiving religious items from visitors.

May 23, 2017

Priest pleads guilty to stealing $500K for casinos, concerts

The rector of a church-owned retirement home for Roman Catholic priests has admitted embezzling a half-million to pay for casino visits, high-end dinners and Philadelphia Pops concerts.

May 23, 2017

AP Explains: The fuss over Trump and the Johnson Amendment

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at weakening the enforcement of a law that bars churches and tax-exempt groups from endorsing political candidates.

May 23, 2017

Police: Priest's body exhumed in nun slaying investigation

Authorities in Maryland say they have exhumed a priest's body as part of an investigation into the decades-old slaying of a Baltimore nun.

May 23, 2017

Grenell: Suicide bombers need to hear they're going to hell

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May 23, 2017

The Latest: Trump targeting IRS rule on churches

The Latest on an executive order on an IRS rule on churches (all times local): 12:19 p.m.

May 23, 2017

Trump to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia, Vatican, meet with pope

President Donald Trump says his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican, where he will meet with Pope Francis.

May 23, 2017

Boston museum settles dispute over figures sold in Nazi era

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has settled a legal dispute with the estate of a Jewish woman whose collection of 18th century porcelain figurines was sold in Germany in the late 1930s amid Nazi persecution of Jews.

May 23, 2017

Iraq, US in talks to keep American troop presence after IS

A U.S. and an Iraqi government official say Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is in talks with the Trump administration to keep American troops in Iraq after the fight against the Islamic State group in the country is concluded.

May 23, 2017

Trump targeting IRS rule on churches

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order targeting a rarely enforced IRS rule that says religious organizations and other non-profits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.