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What is the Office of Personnel Management? Trump is relying on this agency to reshape government
Read full article: What is the Office of Personnel Management? Trump is relying on this agency to reshape governmentPresident Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government.
An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl brings Arab and Israeli scientists together
Read full article: An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl brings Arab and Israeli scientists togetherA cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, offering a rare example of coexistence in the conflict-ridden Middle East.
Politics & Power: What’s the real agenda behind Trump’s annexation agenda?
Read full article: Politics & Power: What’s the real agenda behind Trump’s annexation agenda?Nancy Soderberg, a former United Nations ambassador and the director of the Public Service Leadership Program at UNF, joins Bruce Hamilton on Politics & Power this week to see if President Donald Trump is trying to gain the upper hand with China or even truly has an expansionist agenda.
Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state
Read full article: Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of stateSecretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America.
Episcopal bishop says she'll continue to pray for Trump, who lashed out at her over viral sermon
Read full article: Episcopal bishop says she'll continue to pray for Trump, who lashed out at her over viral sermonThe Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, says she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon.
Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency
Read full article: Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidencyPresident Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.
Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new 'Golden Age'?
Read full article: Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new 'Golden Age'?In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn American myths, tropes and ideals.
Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canal
Read full article: Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canalPresident Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention.
Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
Read full article: Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutionsDonald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
At Trump's second inaugural, a changed Washington and a full embrace from Republicans
Read full article: At Trump's second inaugural, a changed Washington and a full embrace from RepublicansIt was a changed Washington that greeted Donald Trump when he took the oath of office as president a second time.
Inauguration Day Latest: Biden and Trump at the US Capitol for the swearing-in
Read full article: Inauguration Day Latest: Biden and Trump at the US Capitol for the swearing-inDonald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, is set to be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.
From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?
Read full article: From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?President-elect Donald Trump has selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at his second inauguration.
Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inauguration
Read full article: Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inaugurationHouse Speaker Mike Johnson has ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day.
Biden is packing up to leave the White House. But what about any classified documents?
Read full article: Biden is packing up to leave the White House. But what about any classified documents?The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him tens of thousands of papers from his decades in public service.
Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter's death
Read full article: Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter's deathU.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height.
Stock market today: Gains for oil producers and drops for Big Tech leave Wall Street mixed
Read full article: Stock market today: Gains for oil producers and drops for Big Tech leave Wall Street mixedU.S. stock indexes were split as gains for oil-and-gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies.
As Biden joins the former presidents club, here are some ideas for his retirement to-do list
Read full article: As Biden joins the former presidents club, here are some ideas for his retirement to-do listIf President Joe Biden is looking for ideas for retirement, he need look no further than past presidents.
Panama Canal administrator pushes back against Trump's assertions of Chinese meddling
Read full article: Panama Canal administrator pushes back against Trump's assertions of Chinese meddlingThe administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving special privileges to any nation would only cause problems.
Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends, AP-NORC poll finds
Read full article: Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends, AP-NORC poll findsAmericans have a dimmer view of Joe Biden’s presidency as he prepares to leave office than they did at the end of Donald Trump’s first term or Barack Obama’s second.
Stock market today: Wall Street recoils after good news on the economy raises inflation worries
Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street recoils after good news on the economy raises inflation worriesU.S. stocks dropped on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high.
Panama marks Martyrs' Day as Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
Read full article: Panama marks Martyrs' Day as Trump threatens to retake control of Panama CanalA Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens to take back control of the Panama Canal.
‘One of the highest honors’: Georgia natives turned Navy pilots set to perform flyover for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
Read full article: ‘One of the highest honors’: Georgia natives turned Navy pilots set to perform flyover for Jimmy Carter’s funeralAs the nation prepares to bid its final farewell to former President Jimmy Carter, some Navy pilots tasked with performing a flyover as part of the state funeral shared what the former president meant to them.
Jimmy Carter's funeral brings together 5 current and former US presidents to honor one of their own
Read full article: Jimmy Carter's funeral brings together 5 current and former US presidents to honor one of their ownFive current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history
Read full article: From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of historyInside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.
Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia
Read full article: Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in GeorgiaFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter was honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital before a second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.
Stock market today: Global indexes are mixed as the US stock market remains closed
Read full article: Stock market today: Global indexes are mixed as the US stock market remains closedWorld shares were mixed as the U.S. stock market remained closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.
Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in California
Read full article: Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in CaliforniaPresident Joe Biden has canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to fires raging in California.
‘One of the highest honors’: Georgia natives turned Navy pilots set to perform flyover for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
Read full article: ‘One of the highest honors’: Georgia natives turned Navy pilots set to perform flyover for Jimmy Carter’s funeralAs the nation prepares to bid its final farewell to former President Jimmy Carter, some Navy pilots tasked with performing a flyover as part of the state funeral shared what the former president meant to them.
Jimmy Carter's life intersected with slavery's legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated
Read full article: Jimmy Carter's life intersected with slavery's legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicatedJimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.
Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as leaders struggle to craft his priorities
Read full article: Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as leaders struggle to craft his prioritiesPresident-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no set strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.
Carter and Biden's long friendship had wrinkles. It will be on display a final time with a eulogy
Read full article: Carter and Biden's long friendship had wrinkles. It will be on display a final time with a eulogyJoe Biden and Jimmy Carter's decades-long friendship will be on display one last time as Biden eulogizes Carter during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter's casket in Capitol Rotunda
Read full article: President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter's casket in Capitol RotundaPresident-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.
As MLK holiday nears, Bernice King urges people to really focus on his teachings
Read full article: As MLK holiday nears, Bernice King urges people to really focus on his teachingsAs the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his work throughout the next year, rather than just paying him tribute for a day.
Takeaways from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference
Read full article: Takeaways from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conferenceLess than two weeks before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump is taking some of his most audacious claims and promises of the transition period and amping them up to new levels.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter left behind enduring nonprofits as part of their legacy of giving back
Read full article: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter left behind enduring nonprofits as part of their legacy of giving backPresident Jimmy Carter’s legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits through which he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, worked in the almost 50 years after they left the White House.
Trump's inauguration coincides with an unprecedented string of high-stakes security events in DC
Read full article: Trump's inauguration coincides with an unprecedented string of high-stakes security events in DCPresident-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is coinciding with an unprecedented string of high-stakes security events in the nation's capital.
Trump's praise of Carter in death after jeering him in life deepens a contradictory relationship
Read full article: Trump's praise of Carter in death after jeering him in life deepens a contradictory relationshipLiving to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump.
Can Washington handle two weeks of high-security pomp along with a heavy burst of snow?
Read full article: Can Washington handle two weeks of high-security pomp along with a heavy burst of snow?For the first time, the District of Columbia is hosting three so-called National Special Security Events in a two-week span: Monday’s congressional certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral win, this week’s state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and then Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
Polar vortex keeps much of the US in its icy grip
Read full article: Polar vortex keeps much of the US in its icy gripMuch of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is keeping an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the coast of Maine in its frigid grip.
Exclusive Interview: Jimmy Carter’s grandson talks about his legacy, their relationship
Read full article: Exclusive Interview: Jimmy Carter’s grandson talks about his legacy, their relationshipHugo Wentzel, former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson, talked with News4JAX about his grandfather’s legacy, their relationship, and more.
Jimmy Carter’s 6-day state funeral begins with a motorcade through south Georgia
Read full article: Jimmy Carter’s 6-day state funeral begins with a motorcade through south GeorgiaJimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began in Georgia, where the 39th U.S. president’s life started more than 100 years ago.
‘I’m in a little mystery novel’: Jacksonville historian explores Jimmy Carter’s local impact
Read full article: ‘I’m in a little mystery novel’: Jacksonville historian explores Jimmy Carter’s local impactNews4Jax took a trip into the past as the Jacksonville Public Library opened it's archives on former President Jimmy Carter. The files showcased his time in the city and across the region.
Blinken heads to Asia, Europe on last expected trip as top US diplomat
Read full article: Blinken heads to Asia, Europe on last expected trip as top US diplomatSecretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office this weekend, traveling to South Korea, Japan and France.
LIVE: Officials hold public safety briefing on 2025 electoral vote certification, state funeral for Jimmy Carter
Read full article: LIVE: Officials hold public safety briefing on 2025 electoral vote certification, state funeral for Jimmy CarterWashington, D.C. officials will hold a public safety briefing on the 2025 certification of electoral votes and the state funeral for former President Carter.
Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rights
Read full article: Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rightsFormer President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical.
US stock markets to remain closed in honor of Jimmy Carter on National Day of Mourning
Read full article: US stock markets to remain closed in honor of Jimmy Carter on National Day of MourningU.S. stock markets will close on Thursday of next week in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders.
AP WAS THERE: Carter announces Middle East peace agreement
Read full article: AP WAS THERE: Carter announces Middle East peace agreementOne of Jimmy Carter's crowning achievements as president was the Camp David talks that would deliver Israel's first peace agreement with an Arab nation and make Nobel Peace Prize winners of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Former mayor of Jacksonville, John Delaney, reflects on working with Jimmy Carter on Habitat for Humanity project
Read full article: Former mayor of Jacksonville, John Delaney, reflects on working with Jimmy Carter on Habitat for Humanity projectJohn Delaney, president of Flagler College and former mayor of Jacksonville, reflected on his experience working alongside former President Jimmy Carter during a Habitat for Humanity project.
Jimmy Carter’s lasting legacy through community service in Jacksonville
Read full article: Jimmy Carter’s lasting legacy through community service in JacksonvilleFormer President Jimmy Carter’s commitment to community service left an indelible mark in Jacksonville, especially in the Fairway Oaks community.
Moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter held before the Falcons-Commanders game
Read full article: Moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter held before the Falcons-Commanders gameA moment of silence was held for former President Jimmy Carter before the Atlanta Falcons' game at the Washington Commanders.
The eventful four-year term of Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president
Read full article: The eventful four-year term of Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th presidentDuring President Jimmy Carter's one term in the White House he sought to be competent, compassionate and honest. After President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal, those were the values American voters needed in 1976.
Values learned in Plains defined Jimmy Carter’s life
Read full article: Values learned in Plains defined Jimmy Carter’s lifeThe Carter family farm, just outside Plains, is a living museum to America's 39th president. The tiny Georgia town where he grew up helped shape his values and served as a quiet refuge the rest of his life.
Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, dies at 100
Read full article: Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, dies at 100Jimmy Carter is the nation’s first president to be remembered more for what he accomplished after his four years in the Oval Office than for his actions while he was America’s 39th president.
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion
Read full article: Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestionDonald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.