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US President Donald Trump speaks after touring the newly designated Air Force One presidential aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 20, 2026, 2:09 am
Trump unveils the new Air Force One gifted by Qatar
US leader touts ‘a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody has ever seen before’
By Seung Min Kim and MANUEL BALCE CENETA
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
June 18, 2026, 5:06 pm
Why US presidents from both parties end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu
Decades before Trump’s expletive-laden phone calls, Bill Clinton emerged swearing after meeting the PM; this time, amid anger over Iran war, it may be harder for him to bounce back
By Andrew Gawthorpe and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 158th National Memorial Day Observance coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary, at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 26, 2026, 7:38 pm
Trump undergoes yearly physical amid concerns over age, health and stamina
President, soon to turn 80, not expected to disclose much about the status of his physical health, as he seeks to project strength ahead of midterm elections
By Collin Binkley
President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Senate Republicans at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, February 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
February 8, 2025, 12:05 pm
Trump revokes Biden’s security clearance in apparent payback move
US president says ‘no need’ for predecessor to receive confidential briefings, can’t be ‘trusted with sensitive information,’ adds Biden set precedent by revoking Trump’s clearance
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
The casket of former President Jimmy Carter is pictured during a state funeral at the National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
January 9, 2025, 11:09 pm
At Washington Cathedral funeral, Jimmy Carter remembered for humility and service
All living successors attend service for former president, which includes eulogies from two contemporaries he outlived; Biden hails fellow 1-term Democrat for fighting ‘abuse in power’
By Bill Barrow and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Former US president Bill Clinton, left, in conversation with comedian Billy Crystal at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, November 19, 2024. (Cathryn J. Prince)
November 21, 2024, 1:43 am
Onstage, Bill Clinton tells Billy Crystal he thinks about failed Oslo Accords ‘every day’
In a live interview at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the former president laments the failed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks while standing up for the Jewish state after Oct. 7
By Cathryn J. Prince
A sheet from early US president James Madison's ledger, containing the name of Haym Salomon, a Sephardic Jewish financier involved in the American Revolution. (Courtesy The Raab Collection)
September 25, 2024, 8:09 am
Rare document shows Jewish financier’s role in American Revolution
Surviving page from James Madison’s ledger shows contribution of Haym Salomon, a Sephardic Jewish immigrant from Poland, who gave equivalent of $23m to revolutionary cause
By Jackie Hajdenberg
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Gateway Technical College, in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, May 8, 2024. (Morry Gash/AP)
May 15, 2024, 11:35 pm
Jewish Biden appointee publicly resigns over president’s handling of Israel-Hamas war
Lily Greenberg Call, special assistant to the Interior Department’s chief of staff, says Biden ‘is making Jews the face of the American war machine, and that is so deeply wrong’
By AP and ToI Staff
File: Former President Jimmy Carter, left, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, right, sit together ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals, Sept. 30, 2018, in Atlanta (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
November 20, 2023, 1:51 am
Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dies at 96
Carter, who championed mental health in and out of the White House, had recently seen health decline; ex-president calls her ‘my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished’
By Bill Barrow and Michael Warren
Former US president Jimmy Carter reacts, as his wife Rosalynn Carter speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)
February 18, 2023, 11:31 pm
Former US president Jimmy Carter, 98, enters home hospice care
After several hospital stays, he ‘decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family,’ says Carter Center
By Agencies
Trude Feldman interviews Jimmy Carter in the White House in 1978. (Jimmy Carter Presidential Library)
February 12, 2022, 5:05 am
Trude Feldman, ubiquitous reporter who spoke to presidents and PMs, dies at 97
Journalist was famous for ability to secure presidential interviews based on her penchant for softball questions, but also her persistence and refusal to take no for an answer
By Ron Kampeas
Eddie Jacobson, left, with former US president Harry S. Truman. (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 18, 2021, 2:19 am
How buddies-in-chief sway US presidents, from the Civil War to Israel’s creation
A new book by Gary Ginsberg reveals how ‘first friends’ can make history over a drink or round of golf – and may have been crucial in the formation of the Jewish state
By Dave Gordon
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