WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House ...

The U.S. Department of Education is stopping grant funding to the University of Harvard on the heels of President Donald ...

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to ...

Shipments to the U.S. sank 21% in dollar terms as Trump’s tariffs on most Chinese exports rose to as high as 145%. With Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods at 125%, business between the two biggest ...

A U.S.-backed mechanism for distributing aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington's ambassador to Israel said on ...

Donald Trump has been branded "stupid" after releasing a message offering well wishes to the new pope. This week it was ...

Can the new pontiff help the church regain the moral leadership lost in the priest abuse scandal — and possibly help save the ...

‘Boardwalk Empire’ star arrested in New York Michael Pitt has been accused of sexually assaulting and physically attacking ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that 80% tariffs on Chinese goods "seems right" as representatives prepared for ...

President Trump has extended his congratulations to the new pope, writing on Truth Social: "It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor ...