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The faithful in Los Angeles, America's most Catholic city, were delighted -- and a little stunned -- to learn a Chicago-born priest with deep roots in Peru had been elected to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name could not be clearer, with the new pope tying himself to one of the foundational figures of modern Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of the poor and working .. ...

Mexican business leaders and executives lauded statements from Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Marc Rowan emphasizing the need for a trade partnership between the U.S. and Mexico.

While the White House called the trade deal a 'milestone,' U.S. officials also described it as merely the 'end of the beginning' of talks involving the trade relationship with Britain.

Trump selects a Los Angeles holistic medicine doctor for surgeon general. A doctor friend wonders whether her views on medicine sync with those of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A tepid California poll undermines Gov. Newsom's standing compared with other Democrats mulling over a 2028 bid. He gets mixed reviews in early voting states.

The Trump administration has proposed cutting rental assistance funding by 43%, while giving states more flexibility on how they spend the money that remains. Advocates for low-income households say the proposal would be a disaster.

If you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas.

Democratic divides over the ongoing bloody conflict in the Middle East were on display this week as gubernatorial candidates made their pitches to politically active Jewish Californians.

Republicans are scrambling to find creative ways to fulfill budget cuts they voted on without gutting Medicaid.