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First, he ruffled feathers with his oddly cheerful remark about looking forward to attending Pope Francis's funeral. Now, US President Donald Trump is once again under fire for his 'disrespectful behavior' at Pope Francis's funeral today on April 26, sparking online fury. At the open-air funeral mass in St Peter’s Square, international leaders, cardinals, presidents and prime ministers gathered to pay their final respects to the leader of the Catholic Church. Trump along with his wife Melania was present too, seated in the front row, contrary to the rumours of them being pushed to the third row. Pope and Trump...

James Comey, the ousted FBI director, once wore a dark blue suit to a White House gathering to blend in with the curtains because he hoped that would help him avoid being called out by President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported Thursday. Benjamin Wittes — a friend of Comey's, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the editor-in-chief of Lawfare — told The Times about the incident, which he said Comey described to him. "He thought he had gotten through and not been noticed or singled out and that he was going to get away without an...