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Jimmy Carter honored with state funeral at Washington’s national cathedral Good morning. Thousands of mourners and living former US presidents will gather at Washington’s national cathedral today for the state funeral of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president. President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy for his fellow Democrat, with Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack […]
Jan. 7, 2025, 2:59 p.m. ET President Jimmy Carter in 1980.Credit…Barton Silverman/The New York Times The elaborate series of ceremonies and services that follow the death of an American president stand in stark contrast to the humble, everyman persona of former President Jimmy Carter, whose body arrived in Washington on Tuesday. Coming to office after […]
Alsobrooks sworn in as Maryland’s first Black US senator NBC Washington Source link
A Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist has quit the Washington Post newspaper, claiming her latest sketch was axed by her editor due to its lampooning of the relationships between prominent tech and media figures and US President-elect Donald Trump. Illustrator Ann Telnaes, 64, announced her resignation via her own Substack blog on Saturday, including a draft of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor on Saturday in a White House ceremony. President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, […]
Former Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks made history Friday when she was sworn in as Maryland’s first Black U.S. senator. Alsobrooks was flanked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin and retired Sen. Barbara Mikulski as she was sworn in by her friend, Vice President Kamala Harris. “It’s fairly indescribable,” Alsobrooks said. […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to officially block Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of U.S. Steel, Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing two administration officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. (Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala) Source link
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Friday, December 27, 2024 3:08AM CHICAGO (WLS) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man and a dog from a sailboat that ran aground during dangerous weather on Christmas Day. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Washington State received a call at about 7 a.m. Wednesday about a man in distress […]
Twenty big cats – including a Bengal tiger and four cougars – have died of bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the state of Washington. “This tragedy has deeply affected our team, and we are all grieving the loss of these incredible animals,” the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of […]
CNN — A US serviceman was sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl last year, an official from Naha District Court on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa told CNN. The sentence was made on the grounds that the crime was a “major sexual infringement,” Judge Tetsuro Sato of […]