Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities last week, one ...

Religious affairs expert Martin O’Brien reports from Rome on the prospects of the man chosen to lead the Catholic Church ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and ...

What had seemed like a modestly slow week in New Jersey politics ended with a bang after the mayor of the state’s largest city found himself in federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, ...

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a top House ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand with a ...

Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV, I received texts from two friends – one in Canada, one in Ireland – both joking that Donald Trump would no doubt claim credit. The irony, of ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

Plus, President Donald Trump appointed a Fox News host as the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., the newly-elected ...

Among the people who must try to understand President Trump’s vision for the world is Pope Leo XIV. As best as we can tell, he doesn’t think like Trump on a huge range of issues. The panel discusses ...