Jimmy Carter, humanitarian, diplomat, and 39th president of the United States, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, after receiving hospice care, his son James E. “Chip” Carter III confirmed.He was 100. “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human …
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On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter invited reporters up to the White House roof for a ceremony to inaugurate the installation of 32 solar water-heating panels. America was in the midst of an energy freak-out, with long lines at gas stations and not-crazy fear that the U.S. economy was …
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President-elect Donald Trump, who signed an executive order in 2020 that threatened to ban the use of TikTok, urged the Supreme Court to let him “save” the social media platform. A nationwide TikTok ban is set to go into effect starting Jan. 19, if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell …
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With Donald Trump winning back the White House, his Big Lie that Jan. 6 was just an enthusiastic rally that got out of hand, rather than an insurrectionist mob he unleashed to disrupt the count of the 2020 electoral college, has new currency. A new congressional Republican report, spearheaded by …
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On the morning of December 10, a rare thick white fog enveloped Washington, D.C., creating an ominous tenor for the day. As I disembarked from the metro at Union Station, I followed a group of young Capitol Hill staffers up the hill and into the gloom. Some broke off to …
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MAGA world is fighting, and it’s getting ugly. As Donald Trump supporters raged at Elon Musk for arguing that Big Tech needs to bring in foreign workers, Musk’s X platform apparently removed Trump ally Laura Loomer’s blue checkmark and deactivated her subscriptions. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are set to …
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Most Americans think that health insurance profits and claim denials played a role in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a new survey by NORC at the University of Chicago. Since his killing on December 4, social media users have repeatedly expressed their anger with the health …
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President-elect Donald Trump has once again repeated his desires for U.S. territorial expansion. In a message delivered on Christmas Day, Trump took aim at the Panama Canal and Greenland, while also addressing Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeaudirectly. “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, …
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Genesis Bonilla keeps several hundred dollars hidden in her ponytail, tucked behind a layer of hair between the rubber band and her scalp. Along her journey through Mexico, Bonilla has been robbed on multiple occasions, including by Mexican immigration agents who patted her down looking for hidden cash. “But they …
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President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration plan will give families the choice of leaving the country together or being separated, Tom Homan, who is slated to become Trump’s “Border Czar,” told The Washington Post. The administration plans to reinstate policies that President Joe Biden had ended, he said. Homan said that U.S. …
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