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Five things to know about Henry Kissinger, a dominant figure in global affairs in the 1970s

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was a diplomatic force who exerted uncommon influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Biden didn’t make Israeli-Palestinian talks a priority. Arab leaders say region now paying the price

Kevin Phillips, strategist who forecast rising Republican power, dies at 82

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What’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

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Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy

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James Buckley, conservative ex-senator and brother of late writer William F. Buckley, dies at 100

Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100. Buckley spent a single term in the 1970s in the Senate, where the conservative was one of the first Republican lawmakers to call for then-President Richard Nixon to resign during the Watergate scandal.

After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril

Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived. But some scientists and activists fear the act itself is in trouble.

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News and Observer. July XX, 2023.

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China’s Xi tells Kissinger that China-US ties are at a crossroads and stability is still possible

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger that relations between the two countries are at a crossroads and both sides need to “make new decisions” that could result in stable ties and “joint success and prosperity.”

Editorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers

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Editorial Roundup: New England

Hearst Connecticut Media. July 14, 2023.

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Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., maverick senator during Watergate, dies at 92

Former U.S. Senator and Connecticut governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr., has died following a short illness. He was 92. Weicker’s death was announced Wednesday by his family.

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Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 92. Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.