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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ is getting a guest host this week. Here’s why

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host Jimmy Kimmel is handing over hosting duties to comedian Mike Birbiglia for a few days as he recovers from COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times · May 3, 2022

Leaders, family, friends remember Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS — A preacher's son guided by a quiet faith, Walter "Fritz" Mondale ascended from humble beginnings in southern Minnesota all the way to the White House, forever changing the role of the vice president and acting as a "guiding light" to a generation of politicians who followed him.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

Krueger, ex-Texas congressman and diplomat, dies at 86

Robert Krueger, who followed two U.S. House terms with a brief interim appointment to the Senate before launching a sometimes-hazardous diplomatic career, has died at age 86

The Independent UK · May 1, 2022

The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what's holding back the Atlanta Braves?

In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as…

The Conversation · Apr 25, 2022

Walter Mondale's memorial service scheduled for May 1

MINNEAPOLIS — The late Vice President Walter Mondale will be remembered in a May 1 service on the University of Minnesota campus, about a year after his death at age 93.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Jonathan Bernstein: How to read Biden’s low approval ratings right now

This is a big week for President Joe Biden. For months, he’s had the second-worst approval rating of any polling-era president at the same point in their presidencies, trailing only Donald Trump. This week, he has passed Jimmy Carter, moving up into third worst. Within the next month, he’ll likely…

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2022

It's time to nationalize fossil fuel

Un-American, you say? Tell that to FDR, Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Obama, who all nationalized major industries

Salon · Apr 15, 2022

Global Diplomatic Community Remembers Madeleine Albright, Dead at 84

Tributes poured in Wednesday from diplomatic players around the world remembering Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and one of the most influential stateswomen of her generation, who has died at age 84. Albright, who came to the United States as an 11-year-old political refugee, rose to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 24, 2022

Madeleine Albright obituary

Diplomat and scholar of international relations who served as the first female US secretary of state

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

In Biden’s start, Democrats see a troubling repeat of Obama’s presidential pattern

WASHINGTON — One was a new Democratic president who inherited an intractable crisis while pushing a stalled legislative agenda marked by contentious debate.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2022