A social media account under the pope’s name repeatedly criticized the Trump administration — and especially Vice President JD Vance — in the months and years before assuming the papacy. A series of posts under an account for Robert Prevost — now the Bishop of Rome and newly anointed as Pope Leo XIV — shows the Chicago-born Cardinal reposting an op-ed criticizing Vance on his interpretation of his faith,

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States could lower tariffs on China to 80 percent ahead of a meeting this weekend between his top aides and their counterparts from Beijing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.

President Donald Trump has floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to deescalate the trade war