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Leo XIV urges cardinals to make themselves ‘small’ in first mass as pontiff

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting cardinals who...

Trump revives, then discards, then revives again the idea of taxing the rich in big GOP bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — After musing publicly and privately with the idea of raising the top tax rate for wealthy millionaires as Republicans draft his big bill...

Denmark’s prime minister tells U.S. ‘you cannot spy against an ally’

Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments Friday are the latest in the spat between Denmark, Greenland and the United States because Trump seeks to annex the...

The U.S. now has two world leaders. They could not be more different.

Leo XIV is the first U.S.-born pope. Some see his election as a repudiation of the Trump administration.  

Pope Leo: How voting for new pontiff unfolded behind closed doors of the conclave

Trump OK’s ‘tiny’ GOP tax hike on the rich as Republicans assemble broad tax and spending bill

Trump signaled he could accept a ‘tiny’ tax hike on wealthy Americans as part of a broader tax-and-spending bill to extend his first-term tax cuts.  

Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark airport

The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in Philadelphia that directs planes in and out of Newark airport went black for 90 seconds...

Donald Trump suggests 80% tariffs on Chinese imports on eve of trade negotiations

Trump proposed to lower tariffs on Chinese imports to 80% from 145% on eve of negotiations with the country’s third-largest trading partner.