President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday, "We were a little bit surprised, but very happy. It’s just a great, absolutely great honor." Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope.

The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of his predecessors.

Following the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff elected from the U.S., American cardinals shared their reaction to the new leader of the church.

"Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!!!" Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform.

President Donald Trump appeared to concede Friday that Republican lawmakers could face political fallout if they heeded his call to raise taxes on the rich to help pay for his agenda. Trump warned in a social media post that Democrats “would go around screaming,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was "OK" with raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as his fellow Republicans consider scaling back the scope of the ambitious tax-cut package they aim to pass this year.