Trump fired Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country’s highest-ranking military officer, on Friday.
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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.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also says he would step down if it would bring peace or get his country into NATO, but those scenarios remain unlikely.
Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a time when the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety on the continent.