When President Trump hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office, conversation turned not only to the relationship between the two countries, but to the border itself. Echoing a ...

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In a historic and unpredictable moment, white smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, as the first pope from the United States of America was unveiled.

Fabian Schmidt, the New Hampshire green card holder detained by federal immigration authorities, has been released from detention after nearly two months in federal custody. His mother Astrid Senior ...

Ahead of trade negotiations with China this weekend in Switzerland, President Trump on Friday suggested that U.S. levies on Chinese goods, which currently stand at up to 245%, could be lowered to 80%.

VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papam!" rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of people, crushed tightly together, erupted in cheers — and tears. But soon the ...

Former Justice David Souter, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 but surprised Republicans by joining the court's more liberal wing, has died in his home in ...

About 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide have a new spiritual leader: Pope Leo XIV. The election of Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Leo XIV, as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pope Friday morning in the Sistine Chapel. In attendance were the cardinals who elected him on Thursday. Leo spoke briefly in English before his homily ...

"Jobs in factories will come roaring back into our country," said President Trump when he announced reciprocal tariffs last month. "We will supercharge our domestic industrial base." The American ...

David Steiner will lead the U.S. Postal Service as the next postmaster general, as the federal mail agency faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration. Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS ...

MOSCOW — Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square on Friday attended by President Vladimir Putin and a slew of ...