“This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ancestors in the heart of the city’s Afro-Caribbean culture. Read full article

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

Future Forward, the big-money group supporting Kamala Harris’s presidential bid last year, resurfaced after her loss with an event in California. Read full article

Future Forward, the big-money group supporting Kamala Harris’s presidential bid last year, resurfaced after her loss with an event in California. Read full article

Dr. Hayden is the latest high-ranking Black government official to be axed in the Trump administration’s crusade against D.E.I. Read full article

Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full Senate to take up his consumer bureau nomination. Read full article

The unilateral attempt to rename the gulf has provoked ridicule and anger in Mexico. Read full article

It has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced, outstripping Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on Ukraine aid more than a year ago. Read full article

The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read full article