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Barack Obama would beat Donald Trump if he could run for president again by more than 10 per cent if an election were held today, a poll revealed Wednesday, as tensions between the former president and successor spiked this month. The survey, taken May 18-19, shows that there is still significant public support for the former president over the current White House resident by a margin of 54 per cent to 43 per cent. Progressive public relations consultant, Eric Schmeltzer, took $4,500 out of his own pocket to personally commission the poll with Public Policy Polling to see who would...

Catholics in Chicago are fuming that Sen. Hillary Clinton will be featured as the keynote speaker at a Catholic charity luncheon this coming Sunday. The Chicago-based Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, an organization run by Catholic priests, invited Mrs. Clinton despite the Church's prohibition of giving pro-abortion political figures a public forum to speak. LifeSiteNews notes that in 2004 the "US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a policy document calling on Catholic institutions not to have pro-abortion politicians put on a pedestal due to the scandal it would cause." Despite the Church's directive, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has approved...