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Bert Lance, a small-town Georgia banker who became pre-eminent adviser and tennis-playing confidant to Jimmy Carter but was forced to resign after eight months as director of the Office of Management and Budget because of accusations that he had personally traded on his ties with the president, died on Thursday in Georgia. He was 82. His death was confirmed in a statement from Mr. Carter, who called him “one of the most competent and dedicated public servants I have ever known.” Mr. Lance died at home near Calhoun, Ga., Thursday evening, said the Gordon County deputy coroner, Heath Derryberry. The cause was not immediately known, Mr. Derryberry said, but Mr. Lance had been in failing health and was receiving hospice care. Cleared of wrongdoing in 1980 after a highly publicized 12-week bank fraud trial in Atlanta, Mr. Lance resumed his business career in Georgia, insisting that he held no animosity toward the government officials and journalists who had pursued him. Though … [Read more...] about Bert Lance, Carter Adviser, Dies at 82

7 Politics & Government The Carter family shared Rosalynn Carter's diagnosis in a statement through The Carter Center. Cailin Loesch , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies ATLANTA, GA —Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter family shared in a statement through The Carter Center. "She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones," the center wrote. "Mrs. Carter has been the nation’s leading mental health advocate for much of her life," the statement continued. "First in the Georgia Governor’s Mansion, then in the White House, and later at The Carter Center, she urged improved access to care and decreased stigma about issues surrounding mental health ... We hope sharing our family's news will increase important conversations at kitchen tables and in doctor’s offices around the country." As the founder of the Rosalynn Carter … [Read more...] about Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Diagnosed With Dementia

Robert A. Altman, a consummate Washington insider who survived a global banking scandal to reanimate himself as the mogul of a multibillion-dollar video game conglomerate, died on Feb. 3 in Baltimore. He was 73. The cause was complications of a medical procedure, said his son, James, an executive of ZeniMax , which his father sold to Microsoft last year for $7.5 billion. Mr. Altman’s company was a household name among gamers who enjoyed the apocalyptic challenges of Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Rage. He was probably most widely known as the husband of Lynda Carter, who starred in the 1970s television series “Wonder Woman.” But among the cognoscenti, he was known as the agile defense lawyer who kept prominent political figures out of prison, and as the junior law partner of Clark M. Clifford, among the last of Washington’s 20th-century “wise men,” with whom Mr. Altman became embroiled in accusations surrounding what was then the largest financial fraud in history. … [Read more...] about Robert Altman, Video Game Mogul Who Survived Scandal, Dies at 73

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Monday Republicans wouldn’t cast votes for Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina after echoing that the party had “a real racism problem.” “I don’t know who his message is supposed to resonate with actually,” Hostin said after co-host Sara Haines noted that the declared Republican candidates included two black men, Scott and talk-show host Larry Elder , Vivek Ramaswamy , an Indian-American businessman who is Hindu, and former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley , who is Indian-American. (RELATED: ‘Blood In The Water’: Trump PAC Takes Shot At DeSantis In Response To Tim Scott Presidential Bid) WATCH: Scott announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 20204 Monday after filing the formal paperwork Friday. He launched a $6 million ad campaign promoting “individual responsibility” that drew praise from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “He’s talking about victimhood and personal … [Read more...] about ‘Real Racism Problem’: Sunny Hostin Suggests Republicans Wouldn’t Vote For ‘Someone’ Like Tim Scott

close Video Cpl. Luther Story, a hero of the Korean War, was killed in 1950 but identified mere weeks ago — here is his incredible story U.S. Army Cpl. Luther Herschel Story, 18, earned the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery in the Korean War, but his remains were unidentified for 73 years. He is finally returning home a hero. U.S. Army Cpl. Luther Herschel Story helped bring light to the Republic of Korea . The light of freedom, opportunity — actual physical illumination. The conflict between light and darkness has been a metaphor for the battle of good vs. evil at least since biblical times . People suffering darkness of spirit, of soul, of opportunity, thirst for the physical, spiritual and intellectual nourishment of light. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO UNLOCKED THE SCIENCE OF GENDER, NETTIE STEVENS, FEMALE RESEARCH PIONEER Cpl. Story paid for that gift of light with his life. He's only one of many heroes: Some … [Read more...] about Meet the American who won the Medal of Honor and was MIA in Korea for 73 years, Cpl. Luther Herschel Story

Charles H. Percy, a former United States senator from Illinois and a moderate Republican who clashed with President Richard M. Nixon over Watergate and whose own presidential ambitions were stymied by Nixon’s resignation, died Saturday in Washington. He was 91. His death was announced by the office of his son-in-law, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia. Mr. Percy had been treated for Alzheimer’s disease for many years. A three-term senator, Mr. Percy went to Washington in 1967 after a strikingly successful career as a businessman. In 1949, at the age of 29, he was named president of Bell & Howell and then oversaw its rapid growth. He also arrived in the capital grief-stricken: one of his daughters had been murdered during his 1966 campaign. Mr. Percy was talked about as presidential material almost from the time he entered politics in 1964, when he ran for governor of Illinois; he narrowly lost to Otto Kerner Jr. The notion gained even wider currency in … [Read more...] about Charles Percy, Former Ill. Senator, Is Dead at 91