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Biden is 13th and final US president to meet Queen Elizabeth

Joe Biden has the distinction of being the 13th and final American president to meet with Queen Elizabeth II

The Independent UK

The Queen and US presidents: Riding with Reagan and ‘chemistry’ with Trump

The Queen encountered all but one of the 14 presidents of her reign.

The Independent UK

The Queen’s relationship with each US President:

Queen Elizabeth shared warm relationships with many US presidents

The Independent UK

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The world leaders, presidents and prime ministers the Queen outlasted

She has ruled for 70 years

Wales Online

Carl P. Leubsdorf: History repeating with Biden, but which history?

To many supporters, Joe Biden is a modern-day Harry Truman, the unexpected president initially overwhelmed by an array of unanticipated problems whose resilience resulted in a historic victory and an honored place in presidential history.

Tribune News Service

Biden's Disturbing Speech Outside Independence Hall

Plus: The editors answer a question from a U.S. House candidate.

Reason

Former longtime White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier dies at 78

Roland Mesnier, the French-born pastry chef at the White House who confectioned delicacies for five US presidents, has died aged 78.

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Roland Mesnier, White House Pastry Chef for 25 Years, Dies at 78

Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, a historical association said. The culinary master -- who joined the presidential mansion's staff in 1979 under Jimmy Carter and worked there until his 2004 retirement during…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Since 1989, threats to Salman Rushdie have sparked support and debate on free speech

Last week's attack has reignited debates over free speech, censorship and offensiveness that were already heated back in 1989, when an op-ed by a former president called Rushdie's book an "insult."

WEKU

Rosalynn Carter marking 95th birthday with butterflies

Rosalynn Carter turns 95 Thursday, and her birthday is being marked with butterflies

The Independent UK

Julian Nava, trailblazing LA politician and US ambassador, dies at 95

LOS ANGELES — In the spring of 1980, Julian Nava found himself about to become a pioneer again.

Los Angeles Times

While Europeans learn energy frugality, Americans stick to petrol-guzzling

Telling Americans to cut back has not been properly tested since Jimmy Carter’s failed re-election

Financial Times

Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter?

Carter's presidency was sunk by a failure to promote his own accomplishments — not because there weren't any

Salon

Too old to run again? Biden faces questions about his age as crises mount

Faced with a grim outlook for 2022, some Democrats are looking ahead to 2024 and asking, is Joe Biden the best person to lead the party and the US?

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A lacklustre American presidential race in the making

Democrats and Republicans have to brace themselves for soul searching and painful decision-making before 2024

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden is deeply unpopular. But can Democrats find an alternative for 2024?

For now, Biden is emboldened. No prominent Democrat will cross him and he will feel especially motivated if Trump is back on the campaign trail

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: What it would take for Democrats to dump Biden

The most predictable story in the world gets recycled whenever a first-term president becomes unpopular and his jittery party starts wondering whether other options are better than nominating him for re-election. So with President Joe Biden’s approval ratings sagging below 40%, here comes a column by Ed Kilgore at New…

WEKU

When a first-term Democratic president struggles, people talk about Jimmy Carter

Biden has been faulted for speeches that do not seem to meet the moment or lack the urgency to compel others to follow. His soothing approach to issues that prompt anger has often failed to soothe.

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The Guardian - US

Biden in crisis mode as specter of one-term Carter haunts White House

President urged to act more forcefully to deal with rising inflation, gun violence and dire supreme court rulings

Los Angeles Times

Are Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein too old to do their jobs?

In last week's issue of New York magazine, two photos of Sen. Dianne Feinstein are laid out side by side.

Salon

A history of skyrocketing gas prices

A look back at American gas price increases, the global factors that contributed and the presidents who got blamed

Asharq Al-Awsat

Memoirs of Late Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Salam (Part 1): I Expressed my Objection to Hafez al-Assad to Syria’s Political, Military Role in Lebanon

Asharq Al-Awsat publishes three episodes of the memoirs of late Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Salam, covering important stages of the Lebanese crisis, from the entry of Syrian forces into Lebanon in 1976 to the Israeli invasion of the South in 1982. The memoirs reflect the late premier’s frankness in evaluating…

The Conversation

Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals

One of the more curious legacies of the Watergate scandal is so obvious that we barely notice it.

Salon

Southern Baptists: More MAGA than ever

America's largest Protestant denomination is dominated by the right — but still fears creeping "wokeism"

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump repeatedly told fraud claims baseless, panel hears

William Barr said ex-president’s allegations were ‘bullshit’, while several advisers told him not to declare victory on election night. Plus, The Bourne Identity at 20

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