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White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions  Reuters

The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remains hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection.

White House says Elon Musk is Trump’s adviser and not the DOGE administrator  WAVY.com

Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages, including Bibas children, on Thursday and six living hostages on Saturday  CNN Two Tiny Captives, Symbols of Hostage Crisis, to Come Home Dead, Hamas Says  The New York Times 6 hostages to be

Analysis | The White House’s many contradictions on Musk running DOGE  The Washington Post

Trump’s private club and home in Palm Beach, Florida, is also the setting Tuesday night for an awards program by a conservative group led by Mike Flynn, who served briefly as national security adviser in the Republican president’s first term.

Donald Trump has suggested that Russia’s war in Ukraine could have been “settled very easily” as he criticised Kyiv’s negotiation skills.

The Senate will meet to consider the nomination of Commerce Secretary nominee Harold Lutnick at 3 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above.

Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift  The Associated Press U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia Set to Go Beyond Ukraine  The New York Times US-Russia Talks Live: Saudis host Ukraine meeting without Ukraine, Moscow

Trump stokes alarm about view of presidential power with apparent Napoleon reference  ABC News