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The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

A mother’s call for justice has challenged a culture of shame and inspired a nationwide movement to tackle the crisis of sexual violence.

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor.

Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, state records show.

The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts.

In the suit, 15 Democratic states called Trump’s declaration illegal and said federal agencies were rushing permits for fossil fuel projects under false pretenses.

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

President Trump made his threat in a post on Truth Social that came after a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

The pope’s eldest brother, Louis Prevost, remembering their boyhood in Illinois from his home in Florida, said that the pontiff had always been a peacemaker.