
President Trump has a long history of publicly clashing with the pope. He spent years tangling with Pope Francis over his immigration policies.

Vice President JD Vance arriving at Joint Base Andrews from Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. Mr. Vance there were “some good conversations” with Iran in Pakistan, and the ball is now in Tehran’s court.

Employees of the Homeland Security Department feared that the surge of enforcement in Minneapolis would lead to a loss of legitimacy.


Olivia Troye served as a national security aide to former Vice President Mike Pence until the summer of 2020.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California said he would resign from Congress amid allegations that he had sexually assaulted a former staff member.

At the Vatican, Pope Leo presents a new foil for President Trump.

A strike on the Bapco oil refinery in Bahrain in early March. A U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz may give Iran a reason to restart attacks on energy assets throughout the Persian Gulf.

For Dr. Alister Martin, New York City’s new health commissioner, keeping New Yorkers insured could prove to be the main challenge of his tenure.

Many of President Trump’s supporters have seen Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary as a kindred spirit, and as an incubator of ideas that they embraced.

President Trump said on Monday that he had thought the image he had posted to his Truth Social account had depicted him not as Jesus — but as a physician.

Pro-government demonstrators burning the American and Israeli flags on Wednesday in Tehran after a cease-fire was announced.

A liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Most of that L.N.G. comes from the United States, underscoring Europe’s vulnerability to American supplies.

Cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen last month from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

James Blair, a deputy chief of staff, is taking over President Trump’s outside political operation and its $300 million-plus budget, Mr. Trump announced on Friday.

President Trump holding a “Make America Great Again” hat on his way to his golf club in Miami last year.

Melania Trump before speaking in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Thursday.