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Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia.

While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.

Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife tested negative for carbon monoxide, but what caused their deaths remains unknown, the sheriff leading the investigation said Friday.

Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defense.

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance.”

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple’s Santa Fe home, according to investigators.

The Justice Department is abandoning Biden administration cases that sought to force police and fire departments to end alleged discriminatory hiring practices, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday.

The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its Pending Home Sales Index declined 4.6%.

Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died.

The White House posted a picture of her on its X account in February as an example of alleged crimes committed by immigrants.

The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the United States illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution, immigration officials announced Tuesday.

The Trump administration’s targeting of DEI initiatives has resulted in consultants losing clients and needing to pivot.

The moves come after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, entered Social Security last week.

The Vatican’s evening update said the 88-year-old pope underwent a follow-up CAT scan in Tuesday evening to check the lung infection.

A federal judge on Monday blocked immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations in houses of worship for Quakers and a handful of other religious groups.

Lawmakers in both parties said that Elon Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions are threatening to sue.

President Donald Trump and his chief cost cutter, Elon Musk, contend the aid and development work is wasteful and furthers a liberal agenda.

Two officers killed in separate incidents in Virginia Beach and Pennsylvania over the weekend started their careers with the Ocean City Police Department.

Pope Francis was conscious but receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis.