Live updates: Jimmy Carter’s funeral service concludes, final journey to Georgia begins

Carter’s is the fifth official national funeral service for a president that has been held in the National Cathedral, following Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, the Very Rev. Randolph Hollerith, the dean of the National Cathedral, told reporters Wednesday.  But “every funeral itself, whether it’s presidential or otherwise, is completely

Who spoke and sang at Jimmy Carter’s funeral?

Washington — Jimmy Carter’s funeral service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where the former president was honored with tributes and through musical selections and performances.  President Biden eulogized the former president, while Steve Ford, the son of President Gerald Ford, read a tribute written by his late father. Ford

Nearly Half of College Students Sympathize More With Accused Murderer Luigi Mangione Than His Victim: Poll

48 percent believe murder is justified Luigi Mangione (cropped, Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) Nearly half of college students in America view the accused murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson favorably, while more than 8 in 10 hold a negative opinion of Thompson, according to a new Generation Lab poll. When asked to choose between the two,

New York Court Denies Trump’s Bid to Halt Friday’s Sentencing

The court did not provide an explanation for the decision. New York’s top appeals court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt Friday’s sentencing for his conviction last year on falsified business records. One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump’s

Read the full eulogy Walter Mondale left behind for Jimmy Carter

MINNEAPOLIS — Former president Jimmy Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021 but left behind a eulogy that his son Ted read at Carter’s memorial service Thursday morning. The eulogy — which Walter Mondale was believed to have written in 2015 after Carter, who was 90 years old at the time, announced he had brain cancer —