The Democratic primary for Philadelphia district attorney is Tuesday, pitting incumbent Larry Krasner against well-funded challenger Pat Dugan. Why it matters: Philly's district attorney's office is one of the largest in the nation,

Rome — U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh on Tuesday has become something of a proxy for the national struggle over the party’s future direction.

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office announced on Sunday.

Joi Washington could become Media Borough’s first woman mayor. Erica Deuso could become Downingtown’s first openly transgender mayor.

What’s open and closed in and around Philly for Pa.’s primary election: Trash pickup, mail, grocery stores, and more Here's what is open and closed in Pennsylvania for the primary election on May 20.

As they sought to tell the story, 50 photographers for Reuters fanned out across the US and share what the moments they captured meant to them and for America.

So far, Pope Leo XIV has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, Leo XIII, but he reflects Leo X.

Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five months after the original election was annulled.

Vista said that American Catholics are no longer excluded from Rome by having the U.S.’s first pope, but are now a complete and connected part of the broader Church. He expressed the importance of having a pope Americans can better understand and relate to.

Higher yields capped the gains across the US equity markets. Recent US Presidential Election polls show Donald Trump narrowing the gap with Kamala Harris, raising the chances of a Republican win.

Hafiz Abdur Rauf, who is designated a global terrorist by the United States, contested elections in Pakistan last year, according to details reviewed by Newsweek. The fact that he was able to stand in the ballot adds more fuel to allegations from India that Pakistan is not serious enough about tackling terrorism at a time of high tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors,