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The 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has been hospitalized for the past week with a lung infection.
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest showing for a far-right party since the Second World War, projections showed.
Trump fired Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country’s highest-ranking military officer, on Friday.
Pope Francis remains in critical condition, according to the Vatican, with blood tests showing mild signs of kidney failure “which is currently under control,” the Vatican said Sunday.
Though the pope remained critical on Sunday, he “presented no further respiratory crisis” the Vatican said.
The federal workforce is on edge after Elon Musk announced they must provide details on the work they accomplished in the last week or face losing their jobs.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Sunday the firings were “completely unjustified.”