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Supporters and friends of the late President Carter will attend his funeral Thursday at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral.  The service, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., comes as President Biden declared Thursday a National Day of Mourning for the 38th president, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.  The so-called presidents’ club — … Read more

A failure of justice, and draconian Tory law, put Gaie Delap in prison. A failure of government is keeping her there Gaie Delap will turn 78 on Friday, in Eastwood Park prison, Gloucestershire. Sentenced to 20 months last August for climbing a gantry over the M25 for Just Stop Oil, she was released in November … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: CONCORD, N.H. — Kelly Ayotte becomes the nation’s newest governor on Thursday when she’s inaugurated at the New Hampshire State House. The former U.S. senator, who previously served as a state attorney general, takes office in the key New England swing state a week and a half before President-elect Trump is inaugurated. And Ayotte, … Read more

Exclusive: SDF leader says removal of 2,000-strong force would leave door open for Islamic State resurgence The leader of the Kurdish forces that control north-eastern Syria has called on Donald Trump to maintain a US military presence in the region, warning that a retreat would risk a resurgence of Islamic State in the country. Gen … Read more

Five separate blazes have killed at least five people, destroyed 2,000 buildings and forced evacuation of 130,000 people • California wildfires – live The raging wildfires that have blazed around Los Angeles for two days, killing at least five people, destroying almost 2,000 homes and buildings, and forcing the evacuation of more than 130,000 people, … Read more

Service marks end of 39th president’s lying in state, with all five living presidents expected to attend procession Jimmy Carter’s six-day farewell to the nation culminates on Thursday as the 39th president receives a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral before returning to his home town of Plains, Georgia, for burial beside his wife, Rosalynn. … Read more

In defending the militarist status quo, Democrats ceded the anti-war lane to Republicans. As they enter the political wilderness, it’s time to reckon with what they got so wrong The most devastating appraisal of the 2024 Democratic national convention was delivered by the neoconservative doyen Bill Kristol: “Leon Panetta quoting Ronald Reagan! My kind of … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed to Fox News Wednesday that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump the day before Trump’s high court appearance but said they did not discuss an emergency application the former president’s legal team planned to file to delay the sentencing.  Alito told Fox News’ Shannon Bream he was asked if … Read more

Reimposing passport checks in the Schengen area creates new political lines in our minds – and that poses its own danger With so many economic and political challenges looming, the EU nevertheless began 2025 with a little bit of its old magic and a reminder that it’s here to do far more than simply react. … Read more

The billionaire appears to have a David Brent-like desire to be seen as an entertainer. Please let him get back to conquering Mars What, as they say, is Elon Musk’s deal? There will be a lot of justifiably righteous commentary about his hijacking of the debate around sexually abused girls in the north of England … Read more