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Speaking to a crowd in Havana on Saturday, Pope Francis lauded U.S-Cuba diplomatic ties and pushed Presidents Obama and Castro to go even further. "I urge political leaders to persevere on

this path and to develop all its possibilities as a proof of the high service which they are called to carry out on behalf of the peace and well-being of their peoples, of all America, and

as an example of reconciliation for the entire world," he said. The U.S. still has a trade embargo against Cuba.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump addressed an Iowa high school Saturday night, two days after catching bipartisan criticism for failing to correct a town hall supporter who said President

Obama is Muslim, and asked Trump when the U.S. could "get rid" of Muslims. When a student asked if the real estate mogul would consider putting a Muslim person on his ticket or in his

Cabinet, Trump said, "Oh, absolutely. No problem with that." And he told CNN afterward, "I love the Muslims. I think they're great people."

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.