First lady Jill Biden on Sunday remembered former first lady Rosalynn Carter for her efforts with mental health, caregiving and women's rights while meeting with service members and their families in Norfolk, Va. "[Rosalynn] was well known for her efforts on mental health and caregiving and women's rights," Biden said, standing alongside President Biden. "So...
Former President Trump and President Biden appear to be headed toward a rematch, despite polls showing many voters are not satisfied with the current options for president. Experts said this could create a political environment in which more voters decide to sit out next November than in past recent elections. They said turnout could also be uplifted through building intense...
Lawmakers on both sides expressed their condolences on the death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, referring to the humanitarian activist as a “beacon of humble charity.” The Carter Center, a human rights nonprofit organization founded by Carter and her husband, former President Carter, announced Sunday afternoon that the former first lady passed away just...
U.S. officials are walking a delicate yet contorted tightrope when it comes to addressing Israel’s offensive in Gaza as it stares down a potential deal to release dozens of hostages from Hamas’s grip, while emphasizing “real concern” for an Israeli operation eyed in the coastal enclave's southern tip. Deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer was...
Demonstrators who are seeking a cease-fire solution in the Israel-Hamas war shut down a convention held by the California Democratic Party (CDP) in Sacramento, Calif. The Los Angeles Times reported that protestors barged through a security detail at the event Saturday evening, resulting in delegates and other participants in the convention to be temporarily boxed out...
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Carter, died Sunday afternoon. She was 96. The Carter Center said in a statement that the former first lady passed away just after 2 p.m. Sunday at her home in Plains, Ga., about two days after she entered hospice care. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in...
Tributes poured in as political leaders and elected officials learned of the passing of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19, 2023 in Plains, Georgia.
Rosalynn Carter, one-half of the longest-lived presidential couple in American history and perhaps the most egalitarian as well, died on Sunday, the Carter Center...