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When it comes to U.S. foreign spending, Americans don't always agree — but a new poll suggests there's one program that cuts across political lines: PEPFAR, the U.S.-funded global AIDS relief effort that has saved millions of lives since it launched more than two decades ago.

For more than six decades, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has provided shelter, care, and family reunification services to some of the most vulnerable children in the world. That work is now coming to an end after the Trump administration canceled an $11 million federal contract that supported the program.

A single social media post depicting Donald Trump as Jesus Christ set off a firestorm of criticism — not from Democrats or the media, but from some of the president's most loyal supporters. The controversy unfolded over a turbulent week that also included escalating military threats against Iran, drawing fresh scrutiny from across the political spectrum.

A single social media post managed to do something rare in American politics — it united Trump critics and some of his most devoted Christian supporters in shared concern. The image, which showed President Donald Trump in robes performing what many recognized as a healing gesture associated with Jesus Christ, sparked immediate backlash and was gone from his account by Monday morning.