The meeting at the Vatican followed President Trump’s condemnation of Pope Leo XIV for opposing the war in Iran.

President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, will meet on Thursday for talks on security, trade and critical minerals.

Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.

The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump’s desire for redemption in the state, which he lost in 2020. The county is likely to appeal.

The Republican senator from Maine, running for re-election at age 73 in one of this year’s top Senate races, made the disclosure after mounting online scrutiny on the left.

Four candidates have emerged as leaders in the primary election to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The Trump administration has eliminated more than 350,000 federal jobs. But an annual effort to inspire talented people to serve the public continues.

The administration’s latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.

Attacks are flying, prominent Democrats are taking sides and the fight is just getting started.

Low approval ratings? MAGA divisions? The president was able to turn out party loyalists in an Indiana primary to help him oust Republican state lawmakers who had crossed him.

At a private event in Washington last month, Mr. Smith, the former special counsel, accused Justice Department leaders of targeting people for prosecution to please and impress the president.

The finding stems from a 2023 Supreme Court decision that overturned race-conscious admissions. U.C.L.A. officials said the school accepts students on merit.

The vice president, a skeptic of the war, made his first visit of the cycle to the state that will kick off the 2028 nominating process.

The U.S. military is essentially on standby as officials give contradictory signals about the status of the Iran war effort.

The commerce secretary appeared for hours in a closed-door session on Wednesday with the House Oversight Committee

In articles and books, he wrote about the rapid racial, political and economic changes that transformed his state — and the South as a whole.