Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates was elected the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic Church.

Former President Joe Biden says he’s responsible for Donald Trump’s victory last fall.

President Donald Trump has helped plant a replacement for a historic White House tree that was removed over safety concerns.

From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day is celebrated with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes.

President Donald Trump says a tree that’s nearly two centuries old will be removed from the White House grounds because it’s deteriorating.

The most obvious shift from Joe Biden to Donald Trump has been the flood of talking from the White House.

President Donald Trump says his administration will move to revoke the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.”.

Joe Biden has wrapped up a more than 50-year political career.

As the world watches for the transition of power on Inauguration Day, the fashion industry eyes the ensembles of the first ladies.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Donald Trump has begun erasing Joe Biden’s legacy after taking office as the nation’s 47th president.

Most presidents get to move into the White House once.

President Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day to come” and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory.

President-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.”.

President Joe Biden offered up a few surprises in his farewell address.

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.

President Joe Biden has canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to fires raging in California.

President Joe Biden has a new title: great-grandfather.

Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter's decades-long friendship will be on display one last time as Biden eulogizes Carter during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has ordered an investigation into security deficiencies and safety measures in place before an Army veteran sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing 14 New Year’s revelers.

President Joe Biden has told mourners in New Orleans that they are not alone as he paid tributes to victims of last week's attack.

The man responsible for the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses.

New Orleans has held a vigil on Bourbon Street to mourn and celebrate the lives of those killed when a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers celebrating the new year.

President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.

President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.

Sarah McBride made history in Delaware, as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States.

U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children's hospital in Washington.

President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter 52 years after they were killed in a car crash in Delaware.

Pop star and fashion designer Pharrell Williams has been named UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador for artistic education and entrepreneurship on Tuesday in Paris.

Jill Biden says she has closed the book on teaching at Northern Virginia Community College.

The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral was a solemn celebration of cultural and spiritual renewal.

Jill Biden has told children from military families who helped the White House donate toys for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign to remember that they are loved.

President Joe Biden says having healthy women is as important for the U.S. economy as it is for the women themselves.

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.

Donald Trump is making threats, traveling abroad, and negotiating with world leaders.

Notre Dame is reopening its doors for the first time since a fire five years ago nearly destroyed the beloved 12th-century cathedral.

France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral has formally reopened its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019.

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Donald Trump to Paris with a full dose of presidential pomp.

Jill Biden has used a tour of the United Arab Emirates’ capital to praise efforts to fight cancer and call for more attention on women’s health issues as part of her final solo foreign tour as first lady.

Jill Biden has departed on her final solo foreign trip as first lady.

It's the final holiday stretch at the White House for President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, and the theme is “A Season of Peace and Light.”.

President Joe Biden on Sunday displayed the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the White House South Lawn to observe World AIDS Day.

The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump.

Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have opened their final holiday season at the White House.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time since she lost last week's presidential election to Republican Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday.

French newspaper Le Monde reported that highly confidential movements of some of the world’s most powerful leaders, including Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, could easily be tracked online through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.

President Joe Biden has honored acclaimed filmmakers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.

Jill Biden has unveiled what she's calling a reimagined White House public tour that was designed to teach visitors more about the mansion's history and events that unfolded in some of its famous rooms.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday toasted the unveiling of a long-awaited reimagined public White House tour.

Jill Biden has resumed campaigning for the first time in months.

President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to help schools make active shooter drills less traumatic for students yet still effective.

Over 2,000 participants from over 80 countries descended on New York this week for the Clinton Global Initiative.

The White House says President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa next month.

First lady Jill Biden has unveiled a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in the United States.

First lady Jill Biden invited cast members from “The West Wing” to the White House to mark the 25th anniversary of the hit drama.

President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch tending to international allies anxious about where U.S. foreign policy may be headed when he leaves office in four months.

The Republican-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want.

A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office.

First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have gone to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the administration is rolling out to improve service members’ quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military.

A look back at the June 27th presidential debate provides reminders that Vice President Kamala Harris should treat the event as a visual exercise where every camera angle tells a story.

Ralph Lauren took to Hamptons horse country for a rollout of his signature Americana featuring first lady Jill Biden, Usher and Colman Domingo on his front row.

Hunter Biden’s continued legal problems may no longer be a political concern for the president, but they’re still very much a personal concern.

As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others who have tried the same.

Jill Biden did her part to highlight President Joe Biden's 50 years of public service when she addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

President Joe Biden comes to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week both revered and resigned.

The Democratic National Convention is kicking off just four weeks after President Joe Biden shuttered his campaign and made way Vice President Kamala Harris to ascend to the top of Democrats’ ticket.

President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths.

The White House’s executive chef has retired after nearly three decades of serving meals and state dinners to five different presidents and their families.

The nation’s first second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, would become its first first gentleman if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election in November.

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First lady Jill Biden has praised Paris’ “spectacular” Olympics opening ceremony and looked ahead to how the U.S. can similarly dazzle audiences when the Games are held in Los Angeles in four years.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners.

It was never President Joe Biden’s intention to leave the race.

David Letterman will headline a fundraiser with President Joe Biden in 10 days at the home of a family friend of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green.

President Joe Biden now is weighing whether to bow to the mounting pressure to exit the presidential race.

Donald Trump’s campaign says he is “fine” after what law enforcement officials are treating as an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Jill Biden is coming under the microscope as she tries to help her husband salvage his presidential campaign.

The pressure and chaos swirling since Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance is causing cracks inside a White House that until now has been marked mostly by discipline and loyalty.

Former President Donald Trump is reveling in the mounting turmoil surrounding President Joe Biden’s campaign.

Jill Biden says she's “all in” on President Joe Biden's reelection bid as he insists anew that he isn't leaving the race.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says President Joe Biden could decide within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection.

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading a parade of Black Democrats who warn that the threat of another Donald Trump presidency is the most important calculation ahead of November.

For years, it’s been a Republican scare tactic.

President Joe Biden has used a highly anticipated TV interview to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office.

President Joe Biden has plenty of explanations for his terrible performance in last week’s presidential debate.

President Joe Biden has had the kind of weekend on which history pivots.

President Joe Biden’s family has used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance.

A sense of deep concern is growing among some Democratic officials that leaders inside Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance.

Jill Biden has been a near-constant presence at her husband's side since his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump on Thursday night.

President Joe Biden is looking to recapture his mojo and reassure donors that he’s fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden is working to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with ex-President Donald Trump.

On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris is telling voters Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis.

A 22-year-old woman who's become a vocal reproductive rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend.

Donald Trump’s campaign outraised President Joe Biden by more than $60 million last month, according to federal filings that detailed the Republican fundraising explosion sparked by Trump’s felony convictions.