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Which means that President Joe Biden must not run again in 2024. Even as the country navigates the January 6 hearings, the aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, and a wave of controversial Supreme Court decisions including the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the basic political environment for the Democratic Party appears largely unchanged. The party seems to be careening toward a disaster in the midterms....

Biden signed two bills on Friday seeking to further isolate Russia economically as the U.S. maintains pressure on Moscow to end its invasion of Ukraine. The legislation, which passed overwhelmingly in both houses of Congress, will work to strike an economic artery of energy-rich Russia while relegating the country to the same trade status as Myanmar, Cuba and North Korea. While Biden had earlier signed an executive order banning imports of Russian oil and gas, House Resolution 6968 codifies the ban into law....

Those were the words of Carlos DeLuna, a young Latino man who Texas executed in 1989. At trial, DeLuna said that another man—Carlos Hernandez—murdered Wanda Lopez, a single mother stabbed to death while working at a convenience store in Corpus Christi. The prosecution told the jury that Carlos Hernandez was a “phantom” DeLuna made up. In reality, police and prosecutors knew Hernandez, knew of his history of convenience store robberies and knew he used the same kind of knife that killed Lopez to kill another young Latina woman and to nearly kill a third....

The president wrote on Twitter, in part: “The Great Jerry West will be receiving our Nation’s highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his outstanding career, both on and off the court.” The Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, is given to people who have “made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors,” according to the White House....

“I can relate to this program,” Obama said. “Does well in the classroom, won twice in the past four years, know that it’s like for people to oppose you, no matter what you try to do. And when I flip on ESPN and see how people STILL hate Christian Laettner, a guy who played for Duke 23 years ago, I realize that maybe I don’t have it so bad. Or, I think, ‘This is going to be a long 23 years....

Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity during a discussion of a police reform executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday. Included within Trump’s Safe Policing for Safe Communities order is a ban on chokeholds except during extenuating circumstances where an officer’s life is physically threatened. The order also calls for a database to be created to “track, as permissible, terminations or de-certifications of law enforcement officers, criminal convictions of law enforcement officers for on-duty conduct, and civil judgments against law enforcement officers for improper use of force....

Over a period of four days, the two teams will compete using a match play scoring system. This year, the teams are captained by Tiger Woods and Ernie Els for the U.S. and International teams respectively. The U.S. is 10-1-1 all time in the Presidents Cup with the lone loss coming in 1998 at Royal Melbourne. Unlike the Ryder Cup, which pits the U.S. against Europe, the Presidents Cup features an international team assembled with players from non-European nations around the world....

Areas of the body at particular risk for skin breakdown include the buttocks, coccyx, heels, ankles, shoulder blades, back, and sides of the head, ears, elbows, and hips. There are different stages of pressure ulcers ranging from stage 1, which is a reddened area, up to stage 4 where muscle, tendon or bone is visible. Pressure areas can also be classified as unstageable, where you can’t tell how deep the injury to the tissue is, or as a deep tissue injury where there’s a bruise-like purple area or blood blister covering tissue that feels “mushy” or warmer compared to the skin around it....

The Build Back Better legislation will cap out-of-pocket spending at $2,000 per year for seniors, allow Medicare to negotiate prices in parts B and D, and lower the price of insulin from $600 to $35, the New York Democrat told reporters. Schumer said the bill will reduce out-of-pocket drug expenses for “millions of patients.” “Fixing prescription drug prices has consistently been a top issue for Americans year after year, including the vast majority of Democrats and Republicans who want to see a change because they simply cannot afford their medications,” he said....

Richard Fitzwilliams said that Andrew has “no role in the future but he won’t accept that,” leaving the royals with little choice but to find him a position that keeps him “out of the public eye as much as possible.” Fitzwilliams’ comments come as Andrew withdraws from a planned public appearance at the annual Garter Day service at Windsor Castle. Despite having his military and charitable patronages removed following a sexual assault lawsuit lodged against him by Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, Andrew remains a Knight of the Garter, as this is an honor in the gift of the Queen herself....

Prince Andrew—in a now-deleted post—said the conflict in Ukraine gave him “a full weep” in a long message on his ex-wife’s Instagram account, in what is seen as a new push back against his exile from public life. The Duke of York said he came back from the 1982 Falklands War, between Britain and Argentina, a “changed man” in a more than 700-word online comment. It came just days after he unexpectedly appeared as Queen Elizabeth II’s chaperone during a thanksgiving service for the life of his father, Prince Philip, on Tuesday, March 29....

The Duke of York’s attorney argued the document would release him “from any and all potential liability,” causing Virginia Giuffre’s case against him to collapse. David Boies, Giuffre’s attorney, told U.K. tabloid The Sun he did not agree with Andrew’s team, but would be prepared to hand over the paperwork. Queen Elizabeth II’s son has now accepted service has taken place, paving the way for the exchange of evidence....

The royal couple were in Vancouver, Canada, in May 1986, when the princess collapsed at a world fair, Expo ‘86. However, she was then required to attend an evening reception where the Prince of Wales passed off the incident by joking she was pregnant, according to new CNN docuseries Diana. Charles told the gala: “My wife is feeling much better now than she was earlier in the afternoon and it’s entirely due to the extremely advantageous conditions that pertain in British Columbia—the weather and the general fertile conditions—which have ensured she’s about to have sextuplets, which is really why she fainted....

Live to Lead, a series that promised to highlight the “fundamental values, daily disciplines and guiding principles that leaders employ to motivate others and create meaningful change,” was released globally on December 31, with Harry and Meghan fronting the seven episodes. Produced by Blackwell & Roth in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Archewell Productions (the production arm of the Sussexes’ business organization), the show consists of in-depth interviews with leading voices for world change, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg and Bryan Stevenson....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to attend the Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Other recipients include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and, posthumously, basketball player and civil rights icon Bill Russell, among others. However, the recognition of Harry and Meghan’s philanthropic work through their Archewell Foundation has stirred controversy from some familiar and some less familiar quarters, including Kennedy’s son....

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 96, told the Radio Times she visited Eton while the princes were at the world-famous boarding school and met both of them. However, she suggested the Duke of Cambridge was more engaged with her message than the Duke of Sussex. Lasker-Wallfisch told the magazine: “By coincidence one of the schools at which I told my story is Eton, when Prince William and Harry were there. “Of course Harry wasn’t taking it seriously—just another boring lady who comes to talk about boring things—but William is a different character altogether....

Many are once again discussing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to separate from the Royal Family, which they announced in 2020, and the backlash against Meghan has continued as she accompanied Prince Harry to London in the wake of the Queen’s passing. However, as critics have continued to blame Meghan for Prince Harry’s separation, a recently resurfaced clip of the young prince from 2008 has sparked a conversation about his obvious distaste for the media, many arguing that it started long before he met Meghan....

The Duke of Sussex claimed “history was repeating itself” and said Princess Diana “was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone that wasn’t white.” The comments came in a docuseries he recorded with Oprah Winfrey for Apple TV, called The Me You Can’t See. Prince Harry described in detail how his wife had been left suicidal after negative stories in the media before suggesting it was “the same people, the same business model” that Diana experienced....