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Former Iran Hostages Are Divided on Jimmy Carter and a Sabotage Claim

They are the last survivors of an international crisis that hobbled Jimmy Carter’s presidency and may have cost him re-election. Many are now in their 80s. With the former president gravely ill in hospice care, some of the 52 Americans who were held …

Lance Reddick's wife breaks silence after Wire stars 'unexpected' death aged 60

Lance Reddick's wife, Stephanie, has broken her silence for the first time since the 'unexpected' death of her beloved husband thanking fans for their 'overwhelming support' in a post to Instagram. Reddick died aged 60 of 'natural …

Nuclear missile fired from North Korea could hit US in 33 minutes, claims Chinese study

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday. AP New Delhi: North Korea could launch an …

Playbook: A president's pivot and a party's puzzle

With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross DRIVING THE DAY A pair of fresh stories out this morning illuminate two emerging storylines in the early jockeying for the 2024 campaign … ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE: White House aides tell us that President JOE BIDEN …

2024 GOP Presidential Hopefuls Must Navigate Taking a Pro-Life Stand in a Post-Roe World

WASHINGTON — The landmark Dobbs decision last June has ushered in a new era for pro-life presidential contenders: They are being called upon to state what abortion limits they would support at the federal level. Gone are the days when pro-life candidates …

Trump’s Competitors Seek to Set Themselves Apart Without Scorning MAGA

News Analysis As more Republicans challenge Donald Trump in the race for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination, the former president’s dramatic impact on the GOP is becoming clearer. Everyone from Nikki Haley to Vivek Ramaswamy has sought to link …

Failed Unions

My husband began having panic attacks. He’d pull on his orange puffer jacket, heart flailing in his chest, and walk into Prospect Park, alone in the middle of the night. I knew this wasn’t normal, but I figured his anxiety could be traced to the Lebanese …

Iran hostages bitter that former Texas Gov. Connally may have stalled their release to help Reagan win

WASHINGTON – For 444 days, Iranian militants held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran, leaving emotional scars for them and their loved ones — and dooming Jimmy Carter’s presidency. The revelation that five months before their release, former Texas Gov. John …

Readers Write: Russia and China, Social Security taxation, Monticello nuclear plant

Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• John Rash's excellent column on China in Saturday's Star Tribune raises the question of how we could use …

11:44 a.m. past is prologue past is prologue Did Reagan Team’s Iran-Hostage Sabotage Defeat Jimmy Carter? By Ed Kilgore ...

Jimmy Carter looking down while looking down as he conceded to Ronald Reagan on November 5, 1980. Photo: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Jimmy Carter’s slow drift toward life’s end after the longest and most impressive post-presidency in U.S. history has …

How To Create A Dreamy English Cottage Garden! Tabs, Mon., March 20, 2023

Yeah uh huh, a 40-year "secret," that definitely none of us knew, about Reagan negotiating with Iran to keep the hostages, because fuck that traitor. — Gift link New York Times Tom Scocca was nine and saw through that shit. (I was eight, and …

Torture files: how the most notorious scandal in Iraq came from GiTMO

This is the fifth installment of our weeklong series marking the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, March 20, 2003. See all of the stories here. On September 18, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law congressional authorization to use …

Male Model Says Lovelorn Socialite Hired Detectives to Destroy Him

In March 2021, male model Trevor Dutch Shapiro was climbing the steps to his New York City apartment when a stranger approached him with a folder and announced: “This is for you from the people in Italy.” Inside the folder, Shapiro says he found …

How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'

The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins, was a prolific inventor who churned out boats during the …

20 Years After Illegal US Invasion of Iraq, Its Architects Are Still Cashing In

It had been 15 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq when, on March 19, 2018, the celebrated Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antoon published a blistering op-ed in The New York Times. He took readers through his observations of the steady deterioration of Iraqi …

There is no upside for Trump if he’s arrested

It’s getting Stormy for Donald Trump. In a lengthy message on his TruthSocial site on Saturday morning, Trump announced that he expects that the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, will indict and arrest him on Tuesday for his hush money payment …

Asa’s new role

I wrote a lot about the Democratic Leadership Council when I worked in Washington, D.C., for the Arkansas Democrat in the 1980s. That's because a politically ambitious Arkansas governor thought the DLC could help him reach the White House. Democrats …

The Ukraine war is Antony Blinken’s defining moment

Comment on this story Comment When Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a personal appeal to Volodymyr Zelensky, hoping to convince him that a Russian invasion was imminent, Ukraine’s president didn’t believe him. The warning lacked specificity, Zelensky …

March Madness: Governors take battle over new FBI building to the hoop

The decade-long battle between Virginia and Maryland over which state will host the new FBI headquarters is going to court. A basketball court, that is. With the annual NCAA college basketball tournament known as “March Madness” now underway, newly minted …

Wildcat Power Gen Products Now Available On Federal Government Services Advantage (GSA) Website

WICHITA, KANSAS, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Engines LPG LLC dba Wildcat Power Gen is pleased to announce that Santa Fe Professional Solutions (www.santafepower.net) has become a national distributor of Wildcat Power Gen …

Praise for Iran Uprising and Maryam Rajavi’s Vision, Rejection of Theocracy and Monarchy at NCRI-US’s Nowruz Reception

Distinguished political and academic figures underscore the imperative of a free, secular republic, and applaud Mrs. Rajavi's 10-point plan for future Iran. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On March 21, …

Drug-Free World's DC chapter raises awareness with senior citizens ahead of National Fentanyl Awareness Day

The District of Columbia has close to 400 opioid related deaths per year – contributing to the third highest opioid mortality rate in the country WASHINGTON, DC, USA, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- National Fentanyl Awareness Day coming up …

Judge Quashes Criminal Charges Against Mom Arrested for Having Teen Daughter Babysit Siblings!

In State vs. Melissa Shields Henderson, Union County Superior Court, Georgia, Case No. 2021-CR-103-BL, ParentsUSA's Motion to Quash the Accusation was granted! ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Remember the mom …

Colorado pet owners say yes, they want access to mid-level veterinary professionals and telehealth

Alliance of veterinarians, animal welfare groups, pet owners and ranchers working for common-sense solutions to state’s costly veterinary workforce shortage. DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Responding to …

Injustice in Nevada: National Guard Soldier Dies After Retaliation for Reporting Military Sexual Trauma

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The untimely death of Sgt 1st Class Allison Bailey, a respected leader in the Nevada National Guard, has unveiled corruption and deep-seated issues within the military justice …

ANTI-ASBESTOS ADVOCATES LAUNCH DAY OF ACTION TO BAN ASBESTOS

Events kick off March 23 with a letter campaign calling on Congress to Reintroduce the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) ACT LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATE, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization ( …

Project N95 Marks its Third Year Anniversary Fighting for Respiratory Health -- Adds Safer, Healthier Air to its Mission

Project N95, which has distributed 37M+ authenticated, quality respirators, masks & PPE in three short years, is now also working to improve indoor air quality BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Project N95, a …

Rep. Schneider Spotlights Importance of Educating Congress on Power of Family Businesses in New Podcast

Rep. Schneider Talks with Podcast Host Pat Soldano, Family Enterprise USA, on Goals of New Congressional Family Business Caucus WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- 'The Voice of Family …

Natasha Owens’ New Single “Trump Won” Goes Viral, Tops iTunes Chart and Debuts at #5 on BILLBOARD

NASHVILLE, TN, USA, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Natasha Owens’s new single “Trump Won” is now a certifiable hit, unexpectedly becoming the hottest new song in the nation over the past week. Despite shadow banning and widespread reports …

FEMAGING EXCHANGE HOSTS CONVERSATION ON WHAT OLDER ASIAN WOMEN WANT IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS

HEALTH AND WELLNESS Virtual Event Also Highlights 2023 FemAging Report Which Challenges Perceptions About Women 40+ in Health, Wellness and Technology LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On Thursday, March 23, …

Leaders of Pro-Cockfighting Campaign in Oklahoma Are Major Traffickers of Animals for Fighting, Say Animal Groups

Animal Wellness Action and SHARK provide detailed evidence of ongoing gamecock operations built for raising and selling fighting animals OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Animal Wellness Action and …

Manchin, Risch Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Cybersecurity in America’s Energy Sector

March 22, 2023 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), introduced the Energy Threat Analysis …

Manchin Announces $18.8 Million for Eight West Virginia Highway Projects

March 22, 2023 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $18,880,000 for eight West Virginia highway projects. The awards are made possible by Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) …

Manchin Questions HHS Secretary on Medical Supply Chain, Legislation to Combat the Drug Epidemic, Reducing Drug Prices

March 22, 2023 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on bolstering the medical supply chain, the …

John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation Announces Civil Rights Tour; Visits To Significant Sites In Civil Rights History

Students from the 5th Congressional District, which Congressman Lewis represented, will join students from Fairfax County, VA to tour sites in Georgia & Alabama ATLANTA, GA, USA, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The John and Lillian …

New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs

Better Patient Outcomes, $3.5 Billion in Medicare Savings in One Year Demonstrate Hospice’s Value ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, March 22, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- New research shows that patients’ use of hospice care contributed to $3.5 …

Mayor Bowser Presents Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Budget and Financial Plan to the Council of the District of Columbia as part of the District’s annual budget process. The $19.7 billion FY24 budget includes investments …

Mayor Wu Announces Inaugural Cohort of Young Black Leaders

Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the first cohort of Young Black Leaders Boston, a new civic engagement program launched by the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Advancement (BMA). This program is designed to help young Black men and boys between the ages of …

Manchin Introduces Bipartisan Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act