One Key to a Successful Campaign for Pope? Act Like You’re Not Campaigning.

Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman Catholic Church.

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Monday Briefing

Canadians head to the polls.

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Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District

Representative Mike Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery at a high school auditorium in Rockland County.

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‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit

The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.

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U.S. Military Says Its Air Campaign Has Hit More Than 800 Targets in Yemen

President Trump ordered a start to the strikes against the Houthis on March 15. Congressional officials say the campaign has cost well over $1 billion.

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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff

Emails and testimonials from workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document the administration’s efforts to lay off 90 percent of the employees.

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Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn

The clashes outside a synagogue where the official, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right security minister, had planned to speak followed days of disturbances connected to his visit.

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Patient Aboard an Ambulance Fatally Stabs a Firefighter Paramedic

The emergency worker in Kansas City, Mo., was stabbed in his chest while transporting a patient in what started as a routine call on Sunday, officials said.

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Monday Briefing: Canada Is Electing a New Leader

Plus, when a child’s life is the family business.

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2 U.S. Citizen Children Were Deported to Honduras With Their Mother, Lawyer Says

The children, 4 and 7, were put on a plane with their mother, who was deported. The family’s lawyer said the mother was given no choice but to take her children, which the Trump administration denied.

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