Congress met a year-end deadline to pass the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, marking the 65th consecutive year that lawmakers have approved the bill, a rare show of bipartisanship. The Senate passed the NDAA, which sets the policy priorities of the Pentagon, in a 77-20 vote, handing troops a 3.8% pay raise and authorizing […]...Click to read more

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, (pictured on Nov. 25, 2025, with Cardinal Timothy Dolan at a Catholic Charities Thanksgiving event to hand out turkeys and other foods), said she will sign a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the Empire State. / Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed, making New York the 13th state to allow the practice. Hochul, who called it an “incredibly difficult decision,” said she will sign the bill after lawmakers add some “guardrails.” The bill allows doctors to give terminally ill patients drugs to end their lives.