Biden, who is only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, spoke with the Pope by phone on Saturday to tell him he was a recipient of the medal, which is the highest civilian honor. The White House shared a photo of Biden in the Oval Office ...

The citation for the award described the pope as the "People's Pope" whose "mission of serving the poor has never ceased."

President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.

spoke with the Pope by phone on Saturday to tell him he was a recipient of the medal, which is the highest civilian honor. The White House shared a photo of Biden in the Oval Office alongside the ...

The Boise resident was one of five Idahoans whose convictions were pardoned. Two other ongoing cases have been dismissed.

How Donald Trump's presidential inauguration unfolded as he was sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump has pardoned 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters as he signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day in office. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive actions, revoking 78 of Joe Biden’s policies, hours after returning to the White House. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization.

(Vatican Media via AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the ...

Biden’s team struggled in the final days and weeks of his term, as it did for four years, to drive a message that might capture the country’s attention and bolster a battered legacy.

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’

has vowed to start deporting millions of undocumented immigrants on his first day in the Oval Office, making “the largest deportation program in American history” a signature pledge of his campaign. This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has clashed ...