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The Pope has had two episodes of “acute respiratory failure”, the Vatican has said.

The old tune is out — the one where a president declares “we strongly support NATO,” “I believe strongly in free trade” and Washington must do more to promote clean air, clean water, women’s health and civil rights.

Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation  NBC News Trump Administration Curbs Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act  The Wall Street Journal Treasury Department suspends enforcement of ownership information reporting for millions of businesses  CNBC US Treasury

Trump relieves crypto slump with new promises about a US reserve  Yahoo Finance

Live updates: What to expect from Trump’s joint speech to Congress as he faces backlash over Zelenskyy meeting  NBC News

Three weeks later, White House endorses Hegseth’s ‘rookie mistake’  MSNBC

He’s the Face of a White House Press Corps Under Attack by Trump  The New York Times

Russia is finding it “significantly” harder to conduct combat operations against Ukraine because of a rise in Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Russian weapons supplies, ammunition depots and fuel refineries, a senior commander has said.

Senate Democrat says White House is ‘arm of Kremlin’  The Hill

Trump to make investment announcement, White House says  Reuters