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Pope Francis' main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O'Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston
Read full article: Pope Francis' main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O'Malley, retires as archbishop of BostonPope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee? Here's how it could happen, and why it's unlikely
Read full article: Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee? Here's how it could happen, and why it's unlikelyAs President Joe Biden attempts to reassure supporters following his widely panned debate performance on Thursday, Democrats still worried about having him at the top of the ticket in November have few realistic options at their disposal.
Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bid
Read full article: Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bidRobert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F. Kennedy.
60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service
Read full article: 60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public serviceThe 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK's lifetime.
Jimmy Carter: Family affair to the White House and beyond
Read full article: Jimmy Carter: Family affair to the White House and beyondWhen Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him, introducing Americans to a colorful Georgia family that helped shape the 39th president’s public life and now, generations later, is rallying around him for the private final chapter of his 98 years.
Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dock
Read full article: Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dockThe Justice Department’s legal effort to block the merger of book publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is more than just a showcase for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to corporate consolidation.
Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes
Read full article: Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopesAn Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion worth of federal coronavirus aid on projects that have little to do with combating the pandemic.
Breyer 'basically optimistic' about US despite polarization
Read full article: Breyer 'basically optimistic' about US despite polarizationSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he remains optimistic that America’s system of democracy will continue to work even though the country may be increasingly divided along partisan lines.
Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93
Read full article: Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2001, file photo, veteran journalist Roger Mudd tapes a segment for the History Channel at CBS studios in New York. Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021. CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia. Besides work at CBS and NBC, he did stints on PBS’s “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” and the History Channel. It was then that Mudd jumped to NBC as its chief Washington correspondent.
Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022
Read full article: Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022FILE - President Barack Obama speaks at a service honoring the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C. on June 26, 2015. Cody Keenan, the White House speechwriter who helped Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre, has a book deal. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)NEW YORK – The White House speechwriter who helped President Barack Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre in June 2015 has a book deal. “Grace: A President, His Speechwriter, and Ten Days in the Battle for America” will be published in Fall 2022, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Tuesday.
Pets are back: Biden’s 2 dogs settle in at White House
Read full article: Pets are back: Biden’s 2 dogs settle in at White House(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)(AP) – The patter of paws is being heard in the White House again following the arrival of President Joe Biden’s dogs Champ and Major. The dogs moved into the White House on Sunday, following Biden's inauguration last week. “Pets have played an important role in the White House throughout the decades, not only by providing companionship to the presidents and their families, but also by humanizing and softening their political images,” said Jennifer Pickens, author of a book about pets at the White House. Among the stranger White House pets was Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge’s raccoon Rebecca. But instead she got an embroidered collar with the title “White House Raccoon” and entertained children at the White House Easter Egg Roll.
It's Major: Pets poised for a return to the White House
Read full article: It's Major: Pets poised for a return to the White HouseIn a few weeks, Major, fellow German shepherd Champ and the TBD feline are expected to make the move to the White House. The arrival of the Biden pets will also mark the next chapter in a long history of pets residing at the White House after a four-year hiatus during the Trump administration. “Pets have always played an important role in the White House throughout the decades,” said Jennifer Pickens, an author who studies White House traditions. Among the stranger White House pets was Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge’s raccoon named Rebecca. But instead she got an embroidered collar with the title “White House Raccoon” and entertained children at the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Biden's push for unity faces test with Supreme Court fight
Read full article: Biden's push for unity faces test with Supreme Court fightThat central thesis of the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign is being severely tested by the battle over the future of the Supreme Court. Now some want Biden to add the warning that a Democratic majority and President Biden would expand the Supreme Court at their first opportunity. He was Senate Judiciary Chairman in 1987 when Democrats jettisoned a controversial Supreme Court nominee from President Ronald Reagan. Now, even as Senate Republicans seemed poised to fast-track a court confirmation, Congress remains unable to agree on another economic stabilization bill amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m going to be America’s president,” Biden insisted, “not a Democratic president.”
Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies at 92
Read full article: Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies at 92NEW YORK Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times. Smith died at her home in Manhattan, her daughter Kym told the Times. Sen. Edward Kennedy, the youngest of the Kennedy siblings, died of brain cancer in August 2009, the same month their sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver died. Smith, who married Kennedy family financial adviser and future White House chief of staff Stephen Edward Smith in 1956, was viewed for much of her life as a quiet sister who shunned the spotlight. Her son, Dr. William Kennedy Smith, made headlines in 1991, when he was charged with rape at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Jean Kennedy Smith, John F. Kennedy's Last Surviving Sibling, Dies at 92
Read full article: Jean Kennedy Smith, John F. Kennedy's Last Surviving Sibling, Dies at 92Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her daughter Kym confirmed to CBS News. President John Kennedy and his sister, Jean Smith, attend the opening day of baseball together on April 10, 1961. Getty ImagesThough she never ran for office, she campaigned for her brothers, traveling the country for then-Sen. John F. Kennedy as he sought the presidency in 1960. Her son, Dr. William Kennedy Smith, made headlines in 1991, when he was charged with rape at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida. RELATED CONTENT:Body of Gideon McKean, Great-Grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, Found After 5-Day SearchMaeve Kennedy Townsend McKean's Body Recovered by Maryland PoliceSaoirse Kennedy Hill's Cause of Death Revealed