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 ...

A federal judge in California Friday night paused nearly all of President Donald Trump's efforts to dramatically downsize the ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

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 ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, an ally of President Donald Trump, played the role of “kingmaker” in the selection of Pope ...

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

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

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 ...