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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. This weekend, protests hit France, Milan, Albania and Portugal; consumer apprehension grows as retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools; and the pope makes an appearance from his window above St. Peter's Square.

But first, President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia is drawing outrage and concern from members of Congress.

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President Donald Trump speaks alongside Google co-founder Sergey Brin, at a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Saturday, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seen

President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Lawmakers from both parties blasted the executive order late Friday, the latest in a series of steps that the Republican president has taken drawing the United States closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin. Read more.

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A car burns at Republique square during a protest against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris on Saturday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French police arrest 1,800 after violent clashes and looting mar protests

Police arrested at least 1,800 people across France after violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops during nationwide demonstrations that drew hundreds of thousands who denounced rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. Read more.

Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools

Consumers aren’t just frustrated with high prices. They’re angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices. Digital price tags are rapidly replacing paper ones in grocery aisles. Artificial intelligence tools help businesses decide what to charge by predicting how customers might respond. Terms like "dynamic pricing" and "surveillance pricing" are stirring anxiety on social media, where users wonder if different people are getting different prices for the same product. Read more.