Pope Francis’s condition is now “critical,” the Vatican has announced.

In a statement on Saturday, the Vatican revealed that Francis was suffering from a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen.

“The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday,” the statement read.

”At the moment the prognosis is reserved.”

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis is in critical condition after experiencing a severe asthmatic respiratory crisis this morning.

Though still in danger, the Pope has spent the day resting in an armchair.

The end could be near for Pope Francis. pic.twitter.com/g3tCaRSbth

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) February 22, 2025

His personal physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone, recently warned that he is “not out of danger” after reports that his condition was improving.

“Like all fragile patients I say they are always on the golden scale: In other words, it takes very little to become unbalanced,” he explained.

While there is obvious concern that the Pope may soon pass away, there is also speculation that he even if he staged a recovery he would still have to resign due to his declining health.

Earlier this week,the Vatican department chief of cultural affairs, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, said that this is the most likely outcome.

He explained:

I think he could do it because he is a person who is quite decisive in his choices,/

He has always had the tendency to fight and react and that is a legitimate choice too, because he has been able to handle trips in very difficult and challenging conditions, like the one in the Far East’, Cardinal Ravasi said, referring to the Pope’s gruelling 20,000-mile trip last year to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

However, there is no question that if he found himself in a situation where he was compromised in his ability to have direct contact – as he loves to do – to be able to communicate in an immediate, incisive and decisive way, then I believe he might consider resigning.

Amid Conflicting Reports About Pope Francis’ Condition, Italian Cardinal Now Says Pontiff May Resign Due to Ill Health

Should the Pope pass away, the Vatican will enter a period of mourning.

His death is confirmed Camerlengo (the papal chamberlain), traditionally by tapping the Pope’s head with a silver hammer and calling his name three times.

The Papal Apartments are then sealed, and funeral arrangements begin, usually held within nine days.

Meanwhile, the College of Cardinals gathers to organize the conclave, where cardinals under 80 vote in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope.

When a decision is reached, white smoke rises from the chapel’s chimney, introducing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

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Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) joined Jesse Watters on Fox News to share how Democrats are coping with the rapid pace at which President Donald Trump is dismantling the deep state and ending the largess and grift they have benefited from for decades.

Jesse Watters: When you walk around in Washington, what does Chuck Schumer say when he walks past you? What do all these Democrats say when you guys are walking around? I know you lock eyes.

Senator Josh Hawley: You know, I think that the word I would use is demoralized.

Jesse, they don’t know what to do.

I mean, here they’re out here defending USAID. They’re defending billions of dollars spent on transgender operas in Peru.

I mean, make my day. Go ahead. You can defend that all day long. We’d love to talk about that.

You want to run the next election on that? Go right ahead.

The problem is they’re the party of the corruption in government.

They’re the party of pardons for Hunter Biden and all of his cronies and pardons for criminals and rapists, which is how Joe Biden left office.

They’re the party of entrenched power. And as Trump exposes the corruption, he’s exposing their agenda and the rot in their agenda. They don’t have anywhere to go. I think that’s what you’re saying.

Jesse Watters: It’s fun to watch the Democrats defend the IRS. Nothing better than that. Music to my ears. They do sing a lot. We’ll send you some earplugs, Senator. I know it hurts down there.

Senator Josh Hawley: I need them. All right.

Watch:

NEW: Senator @HawleyMO says Democratic senators are walking around Capitol Hill demoralized… pic.twitter.com/COOdYkxe4h

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) February 21, 2025

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While Maine Governor Janet Mills defies Trump over his perfectly constitutional order banning men from women’s sports, girls continue to have their glory stripped away from them in the Pine Tree State.

As Jim Hoft reported earlier this month, Trump signed a landmark executive order that ensured biological men could not compete in women’s sports.

The executive order directs the Department of Education to enforce Title IX based on biological sex, threatening to withhold federal funding from educational institutions that allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports. In the event that the Department of Education is dismantled, other agencies will take over.

On Monday night, a biological boy calling himself “Katie Spencer” from Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine, easily won first place in the girls’ state championship meet.

Fox News reported that he outleaped every female by at least half a foot.

Adding insult to injury, Spencer’s pole vault was the main reason his track and field team won the Class B state championship meet by ONE POINT.

Maine GOP State Rep. Laurel Libby also revealed another outrageous fact on Facebook: “Katie Spencer” had competed as John Rydzewski in the boy’s pole vault just one year ago and won fifth place. He then started competing as a girl in June 2024.

“It is absolutely reprehensible that people in a position of power would allow this against children who are trying to compete,” Libby told Fox News. “There will not be enforcement from the state level, that is absolutely clear. So the only mechanism of enforcement that we have is for the administration to intervene.”

Libby also told the outlet that a girl competing at the event reached out to her following her post. The girl said that she and her teammates had no clue they would be competing against a male until they arrived, a fact Libby called “disheartening.”

The Daily Wire revealed that Maine’s Department of Education announced in January it would not comply with Trump’s order on gender. Moreover, the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) stated earlier this month that the Pine Tree State would continue to allow males to compete in girls’ and women’s sports.

TGP’s Cassandra MacDonald reported today that the Department of Education has now launched an investigation into Maine’s compliance with Title IX laws.

The announcement came hours after Trump publicly humiliated Mills at a meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) on Friday.

“Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to the Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin announcing that OCR is initiating a directed investigation of the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) amid allegations that it continues to allow male athletes to compete in girls’ interscholastic athletics and that it has denied female athletes female-only intimate facilities, thereby violating federal antidiscrimination law,” the DOE said in a press release.

“The letter also notifies MDOE that OCR is launching an investigation into Maine School Administrative District #51 (MSAD #51), after it was reported that Greely High School, a school under its jurisdiction, is continuing to allow at least one male student to compete in girls’ categories.”

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Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has been swept into a criminal investigation by DC’s Metropolitan Police Department over an alleged domestic assault, which the Congressman and the alleged victim have denied.  

“There was no physical altercation,” the woman named as a victim in the police report said in a statement. She added that the matter “is being unfairly exploited for political purposes or other motives.”

“This week, law enforcement was asked to resolve a private matter at Congressman Mills’ residence,” a spokesperson for Mills, an Iraq veteran and Gold Star recipient, told Fox.

“Congressman Mills vehemently denies any wrongdoing whatsoever, and is confident any investigation will clear this matter quickly.”

Per Fox, Sarah Raviani, the alleged victim, said she “reached out to law enforcement to address a personal matter.”

Raviani continued:

“Several factors influenced my decision to involve the authorities. I had just returned from a 14-hour flight, severely jet-lagged and sleep-deprived. Additionally, I had been drinking during my vacation and had a drink in front of me when the officers arrived, which contributed to my emotional state. Upon their arrival, they noticed some bruising and marks on my arms, which I explained were the result of medical conditions like eczema and activities from my recent trip to Dubai.

While the personal matter in question was emotionally charged, there was no physical altercation. Regrettably, the situation has since been misrepresented by reporters and led to relentless harassment from various sources. Words have been taken out of context, and my privacy is being disregarded. This is a deeply personal matter that is being unfairly exploited for political purposes or other motives.”

The incident did not lead to an arrest, but active investigations into the incident, as well as the police’s handling of the incident, are taking place.

Far-left NBC was quick to report on conflicting police reports, later noting that there are three different police reports on the incident. Initially, they reported on a police report which said Mills “grabbed her, shoved her, and pushed her out of the door.”

The second reclassified the incident as a family disturbance, and a third report said an assault is under investigation.

Per NBC, “D.C. police told News4 the focus of the internal investigation is why officers made no arrest and why the incident was reclassified as a family disturbance and not an assault.”

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday confirmed that there is an “internal investigation on making sure that all of our members did what they were supposed to do according to MPD policy.” She could not confirm anything about the investigation into Mills or the changing police reports.

WATCH:

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The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the outlet being barred from covering White House events in person.

The wire service has been snubbed for refusing to update its style guide to refer to the “Gulf of Mexico” as the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming it.

Since refusing to change the style guide, AP reporters have been blocked from two Oval Office briefings and traveling with the president on Air Force One.

“We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the situation.

Leavitt continued, “If we feel there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable. And it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that, but that is what it is.”

On Friday, the AP filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., claiming a violation of their First Amendment rights.

The complaint argues, “The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government.”

“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment. This court should remedy it immediately,” the filing added.

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O’Keefe Media Group obtained leaked audio of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass defending her trip to Ghana just three days before the wildfires erupted in Los Angeles in early January.

LA’s Democrat Mayor Karen Bass slashed Fire Department funding by $17.6 million a few months before the fires erupted last month.

January’s blaze was the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history and the city was not prepared to contain the fire because of Democrats like Karen Bass.

Karen Bass was tweeting from Africa as her city burned down.

The LA Mayor was actually in Africa attending the presidential inauguration in Ghana as hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles residents evacuated and watched their homes burn down.

Fire hydrants ran dry due to Democrat incompetence but Karen Bass saved the day by tweeting from Africa.

Evacuees in the #PalisadesFire: please head Southbound on Palisades Drive to Westbound Sunset Blvd. to Southbound Pacific Coast Highway.

PCH is closed between Temescal Canyon Rd. and Las Flores Canyon Blvd.

Topanga Canyon Blvd. is closed except for evacuations.

Westbound… https://t.co/Aao7vqddu2

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 7, 2025

Karen Bass dropped a cryptic warning in a phone call to an anonymous source just a few days before the fires erupted.

In a separate undercover video posted by OMG, a Los Angeles Mayor admitted Bass’s office knew about the incoming wind storm because of a red flag warning.

Per O’Keefe Media Group:

Just three days before fires erupted in the Los Angeles area, Bass issued a cryptic message to our source, advising them to “read in between the lines and hold tight… you will understand soon,” suggesting she was aware of significant developments that would soon impact the city.

Bass also acknowledged the growing dangers surrounding MacArthur Park. “The situation is very dangerous,” she said, citing security concerns. She remained adamant in her refusal to hold a press conference, stating, “I will take the criticism before I do a publicity stunt, and frankly, a press conference at this point in time, which would just be publicity.”

Bass further explained her position, stating, “If I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It’s not my area of expertise,” emphasizing her lack of qualifications to make informed decisions regarding the area.

When the source emphasized the safety concerns of residents and property owners MacArthur Park, noting that “41,000 people live within a square mile here,” Bass maintained her stance stating, “But they want to hear that something is going to be done,” making it clear that no action is currently being taken to address security risks.

AUDIO:

LEAKED PHONE CALL: LA Mayor Karen Bass Preemptively Defended Ghana Trip Despite Local Catastrophe: “I’m Missing Two Workdays, That’s It”; Dropped Cryptic Warning Days Before LA Fires

“Read in between the lines… hold tight, you will understand soon.” pic.twitter.com/2vxF11xMFB

— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 21, 2025

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