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‘Shouldn’t have said that’: Joe Biden accidentally reveals Jimmy Carter’s health status
Ayndrila Banerjee •Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care since 19 February this year. Biden made the comments at the end of his speech in front of some 40 guests at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, California, referring to the 98-year-old former president’s long battle with cancer
What you know about the Carters may be wrong. Here’s why
•Misconceptions take an especially strong hold where US presidents are concerned — sometimes to their advantage, sometimes not. As former President Jimmy Carter receives home hospice care at the age of 98, misconceptions about his life are coming into focus as well
Explained: What is hospice care that former US president Jimmy Carter has entered?
•Hospice care is treatment designed to make patients comfortable and to reduce pain and suffering in their final days. Instead of further medical intervention, former US president Jimmy Carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
•Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday.
2 November: A look at historic events that happened on this day
Trendingdesk •On 2 November 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday of January as the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday
Madeleine Albright, first woman US secretary of state, dies at 84
•Enveloped by a veil of family secrets hidden from her for most of her life, Albright rose to power and fame as a brilliant analyst of world affairs and a White House counsellor on national security
Former US President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage
•In a recent interview, the 39th president told The Associated Press that the couple’s marriage is “a full partnership.”
Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice-president and outspoken supporter of civil rights, dies at 93
•Mondale's bid for the White House in 1984 came at the peak of Ronald Reagan’s popularity, leading to a historic 525-13 landslide vote in the latter’s favour
Ira Rosen's Ticking Clock review: A revealing portrait of American television’s most famous news show, 60 Minutes
•In anecdotes and conversations, Rosen offers an engaging tutorial on how 60 Minutes’ signature high-quality mini-documentaries are produced.
Win or lose, Donald Trump will continue to be a powerful and disruptive force in US politics
•Donald Trump failed to reproduce his fluky 2016 success when he secured an Electoral College victory even while losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton