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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.

When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now.

5 things to know about Mark Carney, Canada’s next prime minister  NPR Canada’s Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney to succeed Justin Trudeau  CNN There’s only one thing in Mark Carney’s in-tray: Trump  The Guardian Carney says Canada’s tariffs to stay until US shows

MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts were gobsmacked over an opinion piece in The New York Times about a top Trump administration prosecutor threatening Georgetown University Law School over its alleged continued use of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in its curriculum.

Trump live news: US stocks tumble after president’s recession remarks  Al Jazeera English

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from 1897 until being assassinated in 1901.

The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties worldwide.  The move comes amid President Donald Trump’s “assault on democratic norms and global cooperation,”

Pope Francis followed the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia and looked ahead to the 12th anniversary of his election amid questions about what the future of his papacy might

One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders ended the Presidential Management Fellows program, which was created in 1978 to entice highly qualified workers with advanced degrees to join the federal government.

Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine in a new diplomatic push after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Feb. 28 visit to the White House.