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Platinum Jubilee: All US Presidents the Queen has met during her 70-year reign

Throughout the last seven decades the Queen has given official state visits to just three presidents.

Daily Record

Commentary: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment

When Jesus became exasperated with the religious leaders of his day, he called them “blind guides” who “strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.” In the wake of the recent searing public revelations of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention, that description applies to the leadership of the…

Los Angeles Times

Biden is running out of options to tame soaring gasoline prices

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has vowed to do everything in his power to fight record-setting gasoline and diesel prices, but he’s up against a stark reality: There are few options for taming the surge.

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 26, 1868

5/26/1868: Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment. Chief Justice Chase presided over that trial. Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any Supreme Court Justices. The others are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and Jimmy Carter.

Reason

Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war

President Joe Biden and three former presidents have paid tribute to late Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator Max Cleland, who lost limbs while serving in Vietnam

The Independent UK

What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy as they sail through space for trillions of years

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their…

The Conversation

From Pat Boone to the Sex Pistols: Inside the secret White House record collection

John Chuldenko, a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, is shining a light on the White House vinyl collection, which is outdated. The last records were added in 1980.

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Congress is taking UFOs more seriously, but many questions remain

WASHINGTON — Unidentified flying objects were a punchline for years, but now Congress is taking these unexplained encounters more seriously.

Tribune News Service

Love Canal disaster gets book treatment

Keith O’Brien’s “Paradise Falls” tells the story of how local mothers put the Love Canal disaster on the map

Salon

It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch

WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.

Los Angeles Times

Carter asks court to defend Alaska's 'unrivaled wilderness'

Former President Jimmy Carter is weighing in on a court case involving his landmark conservation act and a remote refuge in Alaska

The Independent UK

The leaked abortion decision blew up overnight. In 1973, Roe had a longer fuse

The reaction to Roe vs. Wade was immense, but not immediately so. It took months and years for the anti-abortion movement to fully form, to organize and gain political power.

WEKU

EXCERPT: Jill Biden, into the public arena

The following excerpt is from “Jill: A Biography of the First Lady,” by Associated Press journalists Julie Pace and Darlene Superville. The book details the life of Jill Biden. Superville covers the White House for the AP; Pace, a former White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief, is now AP’s…

The Independent UK

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ is getting a guest host this week. Here’s why

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host Jimmy Kimmel is handing over hosting duties to comedian Mike Birbiglia for a few days as he recovers from COVID-19.

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Leaders, family, friends remember Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS — A preacher's son guided by a quiet faith, Walter "Fritz" Mondale ascended from humble beginnings in southern Minnesota all the way to the White House, forever changing the role of the vice president and acting as a "guiding light" to a generation of politicians who followed him.

The Independent UK

Krueger, ex-Texas congressman and diplomat, dies at 86

Robert Krueger, who followed two U.S. House terms with a brief interim appointment to the Senate before launching a sometimes-hazardous diplomatic career, has died at age 86

Salon

Jimmy Carter and disability rights

In 1977, people with disabilities occupied federal buildings across America. It was the beginning of something big

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Like pet rocks and bell bottoms,1970s bad economic news is back to haunt Biden

U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conjures memories of 1970s stagflation, a nightmarish combination of double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, soaring gasoline prices and persistently high unemployment. The entire economic mess got dumped…

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Stuart Rothenberg: In 2024, it could be Biden, Harris or bust

WASHINGTON — More than a handful of Republicans are already sniffing around the 2024 presidential contest.

Roll Call

In 2024, it could be Biden, Harris or bust - Roll Call

President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris start out with strong advantages to top their party's 2024 ticket, Stu Rothenberg writes.

The Conversation

The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what's holding back the Atlanta Braves?

In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as…

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Walter Mondale's memorial service scheduled for May 1

MINNEAPOLIS — The late Vice President Walter Mondale will be remembered in a May 1 service on the University of Minnesota campus, about a year after his death at age 93.

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: How to read Biden’s low approval ratings right now

This is a big week for President Joe Biden. For months, he’s had the second-worst approval rating of any polling-era president at the same point in their presidencies, trailing only Donald Trump. This week, he has passed Jimmy Carter, moving up into third worst. Within the next month, he’ll likely…

Salon

It's time to nationalize fossil fuel

Un-American, you say? Tell that to FDR, Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Obama, who all nationalized major industries

Asharq Al-Awsat

Global Diplomatic Community Remembers Madeleine Albright, Dead at 84

Tributes poured in Wednesday from diplomatic players around the world remembering Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and one of the most influential stateswomen of her generation, who has died at age 84. Albright, who came to the United States as an 11-year-old political refugee, rose to…

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