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This photo provided by the George & Barbara Bush Foundation shows a speedboat owned by former President George H.W. Bush that was auctioned Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Houston. The 38-foot (11.5-meter) “Fidelity V” was auctioned for $435,000 during the George and Barbara Bush Foundation’s 2024 Presidential Salute benefiting the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, and The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, a spokesperson said. (George & Barbara Bush Foundation via AP)

George H.W. Bush’s speedboat fetches $435,000 at benefit auction

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Luci Baines Johnson looks at the desk on May 16, 2023, on display at the LBJ Presidential Library, that President Lyndon B. Johnson sat at in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on Aug. 6, 1965. Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman, File)

Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of U.S. democracy

By Gary Fields - Associated Press

In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. (AP Photo, File)

Biden paving way for Trump’s return, liberal strategists fear

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture series event, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Bill Clinton, Jeb Bush pine for the days of civility

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Justice Dept. charges Texas man under US bump stock ban

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter answers questions from students during his annual town hall with Emory University freshman in Atlanta. Former President Jimmy Carter is being recognized for his contributions to U.S.-China relations.The George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S. China Relations on Thursday, June 6, 2019 says Carter will receive the inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations. A private award ceremony is planned for June 12 at the Carter Center in Atlanta.(Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Former President Jimmy Carter receives statesmanship award

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Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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Editorials from around New England

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FILE - In this May 16, 1994 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush reads to a group of children at the Clinton Family Inn, a shelter run by Homes for the Homeless in New York. Promoting literacy was a longtime cause for Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at age 92. She met many authors during her time in Washington and in the years following. Sandra Brown, Mary Higgins Clark and Harlan Coben were among those who became good friends, and shared memories of a former first lady whom Brown said “put her heart and soul” into getting people to read while also being “very funny, very candid with her comments.” (AP Photo/Luc Novovitch, File)

Barbara Bush believed literacy could cure other ills

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 1992, file photo, first lady Barbara Bush reacts to Sen. Phil Gramm, who delivered the keynote address to the Republican National Convention at the Houston Astrodome. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Barbara Bush remembered in Maine for her love of literacy

By MARINA VILLENEUVE AND DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

In this file photo from Friday, March 18, 2005, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to her son, President George W. Bush, as he speaks on Social Security reform in Orlando, Fla. The wife of former President George H.W. Bush is in "failing health," a Bush family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, following a recent series of hospitalizations and after consulting with her family and doctors, the 92-year-old former first lady has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Barbara Bush dies at 92

By Valerie Richardson and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this 1990 file photo, first lady Barbara Bush poses with her dog Millie in Washington. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

The family of former first lady Barbara Bush

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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 1992, file photo, first lady Barbara Bush reacts to Sen. Phil Gramm, who delivered the keynote address to the Republican National Convention at the Houston Astrodome. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Things to Remember about Barbara Bush

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

First Lady Barbara Bush poses with her dog Millie in 1990. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Barbara Bush: Things to know

By Michael Graczyk - Associated Press

Reaction to the death of former first lady Barbara Bush

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FILE - In a Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. A family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, that the former first lady Barbara Bush is in &quot;failing health&quot; and won't seek additional medical treatment. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Things to know about former first lady Barbara Bush

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2015, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush, left, speak before a college basketball regional final game between Gonzaga and Duke, in the NCAA basketball tournament in Houston. A family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, that the former first lady Barbara Bush is in &quot;failing health&quot; and won't seek additional medical treatment. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Granddaughter: Barbara Bush is ‘a fighter,’ in good spirits

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2015, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush, left, speak before a college basketball regional final game between Gonzaga and Duke, in the NCAA basketball tournament in Houston. A family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, that the former first lady Barbara Bush is in &quot;failing health&quot; and won't seek additional medical treatment. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Things to know about former first lady Barbara Bush

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

Then-first lady Barbara Bush and then-Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft attend a "Parents as Teachers" event in Florissant, Missouri, where Mrs. Bush reads to the children. (National Archives)

Reading is still fundamental, even amid hurricanes

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times