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Of course, we’ve been dying to see our people in Gaza finally excited to see a glimmer of hope for life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The war, which began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, has caused mass displacement, destruction and starvation in Gaza. Palestinian health authorities say Israeli forces have killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-many-palestinians-has-israels-gaza-offensive-killed-2025-01-15/\">46,600 people\u003c/a>, about half of whom are women, children and elderly people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that Israel and Hamas had reached a multi-phase ceasefire and hostage deal brokered by negotiators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar, including members of both the Biden administration and President-elect Donald Trump’s team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GazaBidenAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden, center, with Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, right, speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House on the announcement of a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages after more than 15 months of war, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. \u003ccite>(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This deal will halt the fighting in Gaza, surge much-needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, and reunite the hostages with their families after more than 15 months in captivity,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Brysk, the Northern California regional director for the pro-Israel American Jewish Committee, said he would like to see a return of “peace and security” for all Israelis and Palestinians in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We certainly would welcome this first stage of the agreement, and it would be truly, I would say, a pivotal moment in the war,” he told KQED. “For [the released] hostages, this would mark the end of more than 15 months of captivity at the hands of Hamas. And living under brutal conditions. But I also think it’s really important to remember that all this came about because of the Hamas massacre in Israel on Oct. 7.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds of unsuccessful negotiations have been ongoing for much of the war, and many pro-Palestinian activists in the Bay Area criticized the U.S. for not doing more to end the fighting sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020400 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_SFGHRally_GC-26-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the U.S. always has the power to stop the war, especially as it’s the number one supplier of the weapons that are being used in Gaza,” Ali said. “We’ve been demanding a ceasefire from the very get because it’s the primary thing needed to stop the constant death of our people in Palestine. But the bar is below the ground, so to speak.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden said that the deal, which comes after weeks of indirect negotiations, is based on the three-phase deal he announced in May to permanently end the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first phase, there would be a “full and complete ceasefire,” during which Israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas in Gaza, and “a number” of Israeli hostages would be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ceasefire would continue throughout negotiations of the second phase when male soldiers being held hostage would be released, and remaining Israeli forces would withdraw. Biden said the ceasefire would then become permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third phase would see the release of the remains of dead hostages, and the rebuilding of Gaza would begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Arab Resource and Organizing Center said in a statement that while it welcomes the ceasefire agreement, it will continue to advocate for “long-term solutions to address the humanitarian crisis and to hold those responsible accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their demands include a permanent ceasefire and end to the blockade on Gaza, accountability for Israeli war crimes and the removal of Israeli forces in Lebanon and Syria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AROC is also calling for an end to U.S. military and financial support to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This ceasefire is not the end — it is a call to intensify efforts for an arms embargo on apartheid Israel, for boycott, divest and sanctions, and for lasting peace and freedom,” Lara Kiswani, the executive director of AROC, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the state to implement them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials have long considered the rules regulating diesel vehicles essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The withdrawal comes after the Biden administration recently approved the California Air Resources Board’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/california-moves-accelerate-100-new-zero-emission-vehicle-sales-2035\">mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars\u003c/a> by 2035 but had not yet approved other waivers for four diesel vehicle standards that the state has adopted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to revoke or challenge all zero-emission vehicle rules and California’s other clean-air standards. By withdrawing its requests for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval, the Newsom administration is signaling a dramatic step back as the state recalibrates in anticipation of the new Trump era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that U.S. EPA has not yet acted on,” Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph said in a statement. “While we are disappointed that U.S. EPA was unable to act on all the requests in time, the withdrawal is an important step given the uncertainty presented by the incoming administration that previously attacked California’s programs to protect public health and the climate and has said will continue to oppose those programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists were distressed, saying it puts communities at risk and dismantles key programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To meet basic standards for healthy air, California has to shift to zero-emissions trucks and trains in the coming years. Diesel is one of the most dangerous kinds of air pollution for human health, and California’s diesel problem is big enough to cast its own shadow,” Paul Cort, director of the group Earthjustice’s Right To Zero campaign, said in a statement. The group called on “Governor (Gavin) Newsom, state legislators, and our air quality regulators to join us — to clean up our freight system and fix the mess EPA’s inaction has created.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/advanced-clean-fleets\">Advanced Clean Fleet\u003c/a> rule, which phases out diesel trucks, was one of the most far-reaching and controversial rules that California has enacted in recent years to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. It would have ended the sale of new fossil-fuel trucks in 2036 and required large trucking companies to convert their medium and heavy-duty fleets to electric or hydrogen models by 2042.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truck fleet rule was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/electric-cars-california-to-phase-out-gas-cars/#:~:text=This%20regulation%20will%20essentially%20end,and%20100%25%20for%202035%20models.\">approved in 2022\u003c/a> after years of analysis, public hearings and discussions with industries and experts. It would have ended diesel’s stronghold on goods movement in the state, with potentially profound effects on the state’s environment and economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trucking companies had already sued the state to stop the measure, saying electric and hydrogen big rigs are not practical for long-haul uses and that it would destroy the state’s economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Trucking Association has consistently stated the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule was unachievable,” Eric Sauer, chief executive of the association, said in a statement. He said the industry would work with the state air board and EPA “to further reduce emissions in a technologically feasible and\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>cost-effective manner that preserves our State and the Nation’s critical supply chain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diesel exhaust has been linked to cancer and contains fine particles that can trigger asthma and heart attacks, as well as gases that form smog. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/12/california-diesel-truck-ban-zero-emission/\">Lower-income, disadvantaged communities of color near ports, freeways and \u003c/a>warehouses, especially in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area, have long complained about noxious and dangerous diesel exhaust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state withdrew three other measures regulating emissions from diesel-powered \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/reducing-rail-emissions-california\">locomotives\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/carb-passes-amendments-commercial-harbor-craft-regulation\">commercial harbor craft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/transport-refrigeration-unit\">refrigeration unit engines\u003c/a> that are hauled by trucks and rail cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the railroad rule, only locomotives less than 23 years old would have been allowed in California beginning in 2030, unless they were zero emissions. The rule also limited how long they could idle. People living in communities with trains and rail yards have long complained that the emissions are making them sick. \u003ca href=\"https://www.aar.org/news/chorus-of-diverse-voices-railroads-urge-epa-denial-of-california-locomotive-authorization/\">Railroads said\u003c/a> no zero-emission locomotive technology exists yet, so the rule’s “timeline is impossible” and that it would prematurely retire viable equipment and disrupt goods movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Clean Air Act, Congress more than a half-century ago granted California the unique ability to set its own aggressive emission standards for cars, trucks and other vehicles because of its severe smog. However, the federal EPA must grant California a waiver to implement them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the EPA has granted California the waivers. Only one waiver was initially denied — a 2008 rule setting greenhouse gas emission standards for cars — and that decision \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/California-Waiver-Background-Legal-091719A.pdf\">was quickly reversed and the waiver granted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Trump was last in office, his administration took aim at the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-auto-emissions-standards-fight-with-donald-trump-explained/\">special status\u003c/a> to enact stricter rules — one of the more significant environmental clashes of the first Trump era. The Biden administration in 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/notice-decision-reconsideration-previous-withdrawal\">reversed\u003c/a> those efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California air-quality officials have been waiting for years for the Biden administration’s EPA to approve the last four rules, hoping that time wouldn’t run out. However, the EPA failed to act in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randolph told CalMatters that Biden’s EPA had informed California that it did not have time to complete the four waivers, prompting the air board to withdraw them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once we knew that, we realized that we needed to deploy an offensive strategy to make sure that we maintained control of the waivers, and so we pulled them back,” Randolph said. “The Trump administration has not indicated a lot of support for our clean air and climate strategy, right? So our concern was that if we leave them hanging out there, we don’t know what they’re going to do with them. 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Republicans largely criticized those investments as they called on Newsom to put wildfire-related spending through the same fast-tracked process allowed in a special session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process allows bills passed by the Senate and Assembly to take effect more quickly than under the Legislature’s normal rules, which require a supermajority vote to speed up the enactment of a law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is organizing a Marshall Plan to help Los Angeles rebuild faster and stronger — including billions in new and accelerated state funding so we can move faster to deliver for the thousands who’ve lost their homes and livelihoods in these firestorms,” Newsom said in a statement. “To the people of Los Angeles: We have your back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s proposal includes $1 billion for emergency response and cleanup, for which the administration anticipates reimbursement from the federal government. 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"content": "\u003cp>After days of sniping back and forth with President-elect Donald Trump over California’s handling of the fires ravaging Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom today invited the incoming Republican president to visit the state and survey the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic governor signed his public overture “with respect and an open hand.” But he also included praise for outgoing President Joe Biden and implicit criticism of Trump’s early handling of the tragedy — reflecting the tricky balance between cooperation and controlling the narrative that Newsom is trying to maintain as he seeks help from his biggest political nemesis to address one of the worst disasters in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1877845635359191191/photo/1\">letter also shared on social media\u003c/a>. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans — displaced from their homes and fearful for the future — deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to ensure a fast recovery and rebuild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday, when a series of fires driven by hurricane-force winds began breaking out across the Los Angeles region, Trump has repeatedly blasted Newsom and other California leaders online for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-fires-donald-trump-fact-check/\">mismanaging the state’s water\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113796555731896970\">called on “Newscum” to resign\u003c/a>. Frustrations that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says\">some fire hydrants ran dry\u003c/a> as crews battled a massive blaze in the Pacific Palisades — a failure that Newsom on Friday ordered the state to investigate — has underpinned much of the criticism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hostile rhetoric has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/california-fires-donald-trump-money/\">raised fears that Trump may follow through\u003c/a> on earlier threats to withhold disaster aid from California unless the state overhauls its water policy by allowing more supply to flow south to Central Valley farmers and Southern California. That would make it substantially more costly for the state to recover from the Los Angeles fires, which are already estimated to have caused economic losses of more than $50 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Trump administration officials told Politico last fall that the president-elect was \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/03/helene-trump-politics-natural-disaster-00182419\">flagrantly political with disaster funding\u003c/a> during his first term. Trump reportedly withheld approval for aid related to California’s 2018 wildfires because of the state’s Democratic leanings, until aides showed him that many of the residents of the affected areas had voted for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/us/politics/trump-california-wildfire-aid-newsom.html\">campaign trail last year\u003c/a>, he vowed that if the governor didn’t agree to divert more money to farmers, “we won’t give him money to put out all his fires.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021693,news_12016262,news_12013395\"]The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to an inquiry about Newsom’s invitation to visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Biden has already issued a major disaster declaration for the Los Angeles fires, unlocking critical aid for the response and recovery, Trump could try to punish California by reversing the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would be an unprecedented move that would almost certainly be challenged in court, said Daniel Farber, a law professor at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law gives sitting presidents the power to issue a disaster declaration but does not spell out if they can retract one, Farber said. “I don’t think that ever occurred to Congress that that would be an issue.” He noted that the statute’s purpose was to dispense disaster aid “orderly and efficiently” — so a president reversing a previous administration’s declaration “would really undermine the whole premise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there are no backseats,” Farber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trump could still slow-walk how the Federal Emergency Management Agency distributed funds. That’s something he did in his first term, after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. A 2021 federal report \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudoig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/HUD%20OIG%20Final%20Report_2019SU008945I.pdf\">found that the Trump administration delayed $20 billion\u003c/a> in disaster aid to the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He could definitely let FEMA know to drag their feet,” Farber said. “You say they are dragging their feet deliberately for political reasons, and they just say, ‘No, we are doing the best we can. There’s a lot of paperwork.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom: ‘Sickens me to my core’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom and his administration have pushed back with increasing vehemence against accusations from Trump and other prominent Republicans that a lack of available water, poor vegetation management and bureaucratic incompetence are to blame for Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a video call with Biden on Friday morning, Newsom lamented the “hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation, lies, that people want to divide this country,” which he said were damaging California’s response efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to deal with this misinformation,” he said. “It infects real people that are out there, people I meet every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours later, in an email to political supporters, Newsom explicitly called out Trump and his allies for their “politically motivated lies” about the fires, which “sickens me to my core,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His letter to Trump, released not long after, was far softer. Newsom invoked their joint visits to Paradise and Malibu in 2018 to tour the devastation from the deadly Camp and Woolsey fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand and talk in a brunt out part of a forested area.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Donald Trump visits the charred wreckage of Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park with then Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, FEMA Administrator Brock Long, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones and then-Gov. Jerry Brown in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(Leah Millis/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As you prepare to assume the presidency once more, I invite you to come to California again — to meet with the Americans affected by these fires, see the devastation firsthand, and join me and others in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who are putting their lives on the line,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bob Salladay, a spokesperson for the governor, said the invitation was not an attempt to reset their relationship, nor would Newsom soft-pedal his criticism about Trump’s behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a binary choice,” Salladay said in a text message. “We will have to engage with the Trump administration — he’s going to be the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As for the letter, we would like to see the president-elect out here to show some compassion and interest in the people of California and Los Angeles,” he added. “Nothing more than that. His response will speak volumes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Roger Niello, a Roseville Republican, suggested that the California GOP could help Newsom navigate the complicated dynamics with the Trump administration — although he said the governor has yet to ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though we’re in the minority, we do have a number of Republican legislators who have relationships with Republicans in Washington, D.C.,” Niello said. “To the extent that there are any challenges there, to the extent that we have a common approach toward things, we could assist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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That’s something he did in his first term, after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. A 2021 federal report \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudoig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/HUD%20OIG%20Final%20Report_2019SU008945I.pdf\">found that the Trump administration delayed $20 billion\u003c/a> in disaster aid to the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He could definitely let FEMA know to drag their feet,” Farber said. “You say they are dragging their feet deliberately for political reasons, and they just say, ‘No, we are doing the best we can. There’s a lot of paperwork.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom: ‘Sickens me to my core’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom and his administration have pushed back with increasing vehemence against accusations from Trump and other prominent Republicans that a lack of available water, poor vegetation management and bureaucratic incompetence are to blame for Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a video call with Biden on Friday morning, Newsom lamented the “hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation, lies, that people want to divide this country,” which he said were damaging California’s response efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to deal with this misinformation,” he said. “It infects real people that are out there, people I meet every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours later, in an email to political supporters, Newsom explicitly called out Trump and his allies for their “politically motivated lies” about the fires, which “sickens me to my core,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His letter to Trump, released not long after, was far softer. Newsom invoked their joint visits to Paradise and Malibu in 2018 to tour the devastation from the deadly Camp and Woolsey fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand and talk in a brunt out part of a forested area.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Donald Trump visits the charred wreckage of Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park with then Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, FEMA Administrator Brock Long, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones and then-Gov. Jerry Brown in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(Leah Millis/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As you prepare to assume the presidency once more, I invite you to come to California again — to meet with the Americans affected by these fires, see the devastation firsthand, and join me and others in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who are putting their lives on the line,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bob Salladay, a spokesperson for the governor, said the invitation was not an attempt to reset their relationship, nor would Newsom soft-pedal his criticism about Trump’s behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a binary choice,” Salladay said in a text message. “We will have to engage with the Trump administration — he’s going to be the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As for the letter, we would like to see the president-elect out here to show some compassion and interest in the people of California and Los Angeles,” he added. “Nothing more than that. 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The pause occurred during the crucial fall window for controlled burns, raising concerns that it could increase long-term fire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story has been circulating on the internet this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles have been politicized online as people search for politicians and policies to blame — and for evidence to reinforce personal beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the U.S. Forest Service had continued to allow burning, it would not have prevented this week’s devastation from deadly fires that have destroyed thousands of homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">fires we’re seeing\u003c/a> are primarily spreading through urban neighborhoods, with the possible exception of the Eaton Fire, which is burning, in part, on federal forest lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the wind, weather and location of the fires, it’s unlikely a controlled burn would have stopped the disaster. The houses and surrounding vegetation are fuels in communities that were not designed for fire resilience when they were planned decades ago.[aside postID=science_1965575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s vegetation all around homes and trees overlapping, and [residents] love the beauty and the look of that,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley. “But when a fire comes through, it has a clear path to just keep propagating through the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would have helped? Living in communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1965575/and-now-fire-season-heres-how-to-prepare\">prepared for fire\u003c/a>. How to prepare isn’t a mystery. It just takes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887158/in-california-restoring-our-relationship-with-fire-is-possible\">convincing residents\u003c/a> to get their communities involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that emerging from this [disaster] can be a much more serious conversation around fuels and community design,” said Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and the federal government have poured a lot of money into fire resilience, but there is room for much more, Wara said. For example, the state has taken steps to ramp up prescribed fire, but there have not been many burns next to communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been more investment in fuels management crews, but less investment in enforcing tough, defensible space codes, like having a five-foot buffer of non-combustible material around a house, what experts call “Zone 0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an area rebuilds after a fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/building-standards/state-housing-law/wildland-urban-interface/docs/2010-part-2-cbc-ch7a.pdf\">adopting stringent requirements \u003c/a>— such as using fire-resistant materials and requiring 30 feet between buildings — helps neighborhoods prepare for the next fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s needed is community support for fire resilience. Some communities oppose vegetation removal or defensible space inspections or prescribed fire near homes. Some areas that have rebuilt chose to waive certain requirements, including parts of Santa Rosa that burned in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Herb Wilson and his wife, Loyda Wilson, survey their home that was destroyed in the Eaton Fire northeast of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The couple was on vacation in Hawaii when the fire broke out, so they were not able to retrieve any belongings. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While adopting new fire safety codes can be expensive and inconvenient, according to Gollner, he hopes the impacted Los Angeles communities will embrace them “so that if there’s a future fire in this area, we no longer would see such a destructive event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re going to have available, affordable insurance in California — not just now, but in 10 years as climate change gets worse — we need to do that stuff now,” Wara said, adding that there is only so much politicians can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t blame the politicians for that at all. It is about the people in communities,” he continued. “It is about community consensus and community solidarity, people taking responsibility for doing the work and for helping their neighbors to do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires that ignited in the San Bernardino National Forest last year were successfully fought, in part, because of prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service. The Line Fire threatened the Angelus Oaks community in early September 2024, but it slowed, and firefighters were able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/flame-without-fuel\">control and redirect\u003c/a> it when it entered a burn scar from the previous June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They saved that community using prescribed fire,” Wara said. “We need more of that. And the real barrier there is not the money, it’s not the agency, it’s the community acceptance.”[aside postID=news_11887158 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66829_230626-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-53-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, Malibu fires have become notorious. The despair and folly of continually rebuilding what continually gets burned is captured in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3984830\">\u003cem>The Case for Letting Malibu Burn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the provocative 1995 essay by Mike Davis, former writer and professor at UC Riverside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has occurred across this state at different times throughout history and will keep happening if we’re not prepared for it,” Gollner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stringent codes guiding construction and landscaping can prevent the vast majority of ignition spread and give firefighters a much better chance of saving communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we prevent 95% of the ignitions — it doesn’t have to be perfect — then firefighters will do a great job catching the few [ignitions] that slip through,” Gollner said. “But we have to help them. When there’s hundreds or thousands of structures igniting, they cannot handle it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As devastating fires continue to burn in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-county\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>, state lawmakers have moved quickly to secure federal aid — help that some fear could be delayed or cut off in a future disaster under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palisades and Eaton fires, which began Tuesday and spread rapidly during strong winds, have destroyed thousands of homes and forced over 100,000 residents to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration on Wednesday after several California representatives and Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the president to swiftly respond to the crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It didn’t take more than a text message to get [Fire Management Assistance Grants] approved, which means we’re reimbursed for the vast majority of these costs. No politics, no hand wringing, no kissing of the feet,” Newsom said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Emergency proclamations are being drafted as we speak, and I just want to thank the president because that’s something I don’t take for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Biden pledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/biden-to-address-the-nation-about-la-fires\">federal government\u003c/a> would cover 100% of the costs associated with the wildfires. He also noted that all possible resources are being sent to California to help with firefighting and rescue efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021339 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding the ongoing wildfires impacting Southern California alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom at Santa Monica Fire Department Station 5 in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D–San José), who signed the letter to Biden, said his quick response “will accelerate the assistance that is so desperately needed.” But she also acknowledged that Biden only has a few more days left in office. Once his term ends this month, it will be President-elect Donald Trump who is in charge of approving emergency aid distribution on the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term as president and throughout his most recent campaign, Trump frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014403/can-trump-really-withhold-fire-relief-from-california-hes-tried-it-before\">threatened\u003c/a> to limit and even cut the amount of financial aid going to California for disaster recovery, decisions that would be well within his authority as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a natural disaster occurs, states can seek federal assistance through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf\">Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act\u003c/a>, a law that designed the process by which states can request financial aid in times of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, state officials proclaim a state of emergency. Then, the governor can look to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon determining that a declaration is warranted, FEMA’s recommendation is brought to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who then brings it to the president for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal aid can help with cash assistance for people who have been evacuated or lost their homes, as well as expedite the process of debris removal and other assistive measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in 2018 and the major wildfires in 2020, Trump resisted providing aid before eventually capitulating. When eastern Washington also experienced a massive wildfire in 2020, Trump refused to approve any federal assistance, allegedly due to his conflicts with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997690599/a-destroyed-town-denied-aid-by-trump-braces-for-more-wildfires\">NPR report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden also faced criticism in 2021 for his denial of individual assistance to those affected by the Caldor Fire in Northern California after FEMA found that enough victims were covered by insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Collier, a professor of regional and city planning at UC Berkeley, said the issue goes beyond just the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buildings are destroyed along Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s complicated how this stuff is going to exactly play out,” Collier said. “There are moments when the Republicans in Congress have resisted more federal aid, but the moment there are disasters in their own states, which happens every year, they ultimately get on board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republicans, including Trump, have already vocalized their criticisms of Democratic politicians and policies since the fires began, according to a report by \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-musk-california-democrats-wildfires-00197080\">\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president-elect criticized Newsom in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, calling the fires “virtually apocalyptic” and blaming the governor for not signing a water restoration declaration that he said would have prevented the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021203 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-019-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Trump’s second term approaches, some lawmakers and experts are concerned about how his attitudes toward California may affect future federal response to such disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Sedlar, a climate analyst at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said the distribution of federal emergency aid can sometimes become a matter of politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the very few positive things you can get out of what’s happening right now in Southern California is that Biden is still technically president. The White House did declare a disaster yesterday and they’re starting the process of determining whether funding can go to specific areas,” Sedlar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “If this was happening in February, we would be having a very different conversation because there’s a lot of unpredictability around Trump. But because Biden is still in office, California is likely to get that federal aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sedlar and Collier urged state officials and residents to begin thinking about mitigation and risk management when it comes to addressing natural disasters and wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re playing defense, and we need to start playing offense. We need to start building better homes. We need to start building better communities,” Sedlar said. “More money needs to go into mitigating these disasters rather than thinking of this after the fact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mlagos\">\u003cem>Marisa Lagos\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Gavin Newsom at Santa Monica Fire Department Station 5 in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D–San José), who signed the letter to Biden, said his quick response “will accelerate the assistance that is so desperately needed.” But she also acknowledged that Biden only has a few more days left in office. Once his term ends this month, it will be President-elect Donald Trump who is in charge of approving emergency aid distribution on the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term as president and throughout his most recent campaign, Trump frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014403/can-trump-really-withhold-fire-relief-from-california-hes-tried-it-before\">threatened\u003c/a> to limit and even cut the amount of financial aid going to California for disaster recovery, decisions that would be well within his authority as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a natural disaster occurs, states can seek federal assistance through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf\">Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act\u003c/a>, a law that designed the process by which states can request financial aid in times of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, state officials proclaim a state of emergency. Then, the governor can look to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon determining that a declaration is warranted, FEMA’s recommendation is brought to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who then brings it to the president for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal aid can help with cash assistance for people who have been evacuated or lost their homes, as well as expedite the process of debris removal and other assistive measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in 2018 and the major wildfires in 2020, Trump resisted providing aid before eventually capitulating. 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"content": "\u003cp>Political leaders, friends and family honored the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, concluding\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>more than a week of public tributes to the 39th president, who died \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/130189535/jimmy-carter-former-president-dead-at-100\">on Dec. 29\u003c/a> at the age of 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an ultimate Washington insider sendoff for a public servant known throughout his career as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">political outsider\u003c/a>. All five living presidents attended the funeral, including President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in less than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"A funeral procession with guards carries a coffin with a US flag draped over it down stairs with people on both sides.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members carry the casket with Carter’s remains down the steps of the U.S. Capitol before the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carter, who is the nation’s longest-living president, planned much of the funeral with the help of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, an effort they began decades ago. Many of their choices rang clear, deliberate and poignant, from the selection of the late president’s favorite music to the list of speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Biden — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1161050106/jimmy-carter-biden-relationship\">longtime friend and colleague\u003c/a> of the 39th president — delivered a eulogy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163392887/biden-jimmy-carter-eulogy\">a request made by Carter directly in 2021\u003c/a>. Biden celebrated Carter’s character and their friendship of nearly 50 years and cast a forward-looking message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, many think he was from a bygone era,” Biden said. “But in reality, he saw well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left to Right, first row, U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, second row, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mandel Ngan/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Biden also argued there is “an obligation” to “to give hate no safe harbor” and to stand up to “the abuse of power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not about being perfect because none of us are perfect. We’re all fallible,” he said. “But it’s about asking ourselves, are we striving to do things — the right things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the values that animate our spirit to operate from fear or hope? Ego for generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it’s most tested?” Biden added. “For keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, Jimmy Carter’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral service begins with the entrance of his flag-draped casket at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR/Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The funeral at the National Cathedral is part of a national day of mourning, which Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/29/proclamation-announcing-the-death-of-james-earl-carter-jr/\">declared in Carter’s honor\u003c/a> after his death. The service followed additional memorials and ceremonies since last Saturday at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249994/jimmy-carter-funeral-washington-dc\">U.S. Capitol\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5246282/live-coverage-jimmy-carter-atlanta-funeral-georgia-carter-center\">Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta and his hometown of Plains, Georgia. \u003c/a>Carter’s remains will be transported back to Georgia for a private ceremony and burial in Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Biden’s eulogy, Carter’s grandsons, Josh and Jason Carter, delivered personal and passionate family tributes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Carter speaks during the state funeral for his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter. \u003ccite>(Ben Curtis/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Carter highlighted his grandfather’s 77-year marriage to Rosalynn Carter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1019825478/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dies\">who died in 2023\u003c/a>, along with his lifelong outlook tied to his faith, given Carter was a devout Southern Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rest assured that in these last weeks, he told us that he was ready to see her again,” Jason Carter said. “But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Steve Ford — the son of former President Gerald Ford, whom Carter \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">beat in the 1976 presidential race\u003c/a> — delivered a posthumous eulogy to the 39th president written by his father — a striking nod to Carter’s longevity, given he outlived Ford by nearly 18 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia, but distances have a way of vanishing when measured in values rather than miles,” Ford said. “It was because of our shared values that Jimmy and I respected each other as adversaries even before we cherished one another as dear friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale, also read a eulogy written by the late vice president. Mondale, who served as Carter’s vice president, died in the spring of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mondale emphasized the late president’s record and highlighted his work addressing climate change, gender discrimination and income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1020x782.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1536x1178.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young person wearing Carter pins waits near the Washington National Cathedral along with others, hoping to get a glimpse of the procession after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of our time in the White House, the president and I were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office,” Mondale said. “We came up with a sentence, which remains an important summary of our work. We told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That we did, Mr. President,” he added. “I will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter’s former aide, Stu Eizenstat, passionately ticked through Carter’s presidential record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time to redeem his presidency and also lay to rest the myth that his greatest achievements came only as a former president,” Eizenstat said, characterizing him as “the most consequential one-term presidents in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He defended Carter’s domestic policy efforts, particularly around the environment and curbing inflation. He also detailed Carter’s foreign policy record, referencing his leadership on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759268550/at-camp-david-trump-sought-the-mantle-of-history-but-afghanistan-is-different\">Camp David Accords\u003c/a> and his work easing relations with Panama by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/1161146405/president-jimmy-carter-legacy-panama\">relinquishing control\u003c/a> of the Canal Zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members and mourners depart from the Washington National Cathedral after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eizenstat also offered a personal tribute to Carter and his ability to uplift other religions, sharing he came to Eizenstat’s house for a Passover Seder and was the first president to light a Hanukkah menorah. He also created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, Jimmy Carter taught us how to live a life filled with faith and service,” he said. “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in its foothills, making the U.S. stronger and the world safer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled in between remarks was a cover of “Imagine” by John Lennon — known as Carter’s favorite song — performed by country stars Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood, friends of the Carters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Since Carter died, Biden has repeatedly praised his character\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biden’s eulogy on Thursday echoed some of his initial remarks in the immediate aftermath of Carter’s death at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I find extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend, as well, even though they never met him,” Biden said. “That’s because Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump recently criticized Carter’s presidential record during a news conference, arguing that the late former president lost his 1980 reelection bid due to his handling of the Panama Canal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President-elect Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Nobody wants to talk about the Panama Canal now because, you know, it’s inappropriate, I guess,” Trump said. “Because it’s a bad part of the Carter legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a good man. I knew him a little bit, and he was a very fine person, but that was a big mistake,” Trump added. On Wednesday evening, the president-elect and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, paid their respects to Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week. Trump later told reporters he had met with members of the Carter family earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public was also able to pay tribute to the former president at the Capitol. While waiting in line outside, Carter’s supporters praised his long career in public life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021272\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The public write notes in condolence books in the Capitol Visitor Center, near the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Wentzell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who traveled to the memorial with his daughter, told NPR that Carter was “a real role model for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was so sincere in everything he did,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view him as a really good man, high moral values,” Washington, D.C., resident Bruce Meredith said as he got in line. “He seriously was a public servant. He gave all he had to this country. And that’s why I respect him so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Prolman was just 11 years old when Carter ran for president, but she recalled fondly how he stayed in her family’s home in New Hampshire during the 1976 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of staying at hotels, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wabe.org/jimmy-carter-will-be-honored-in-washington-a-city-where-he-remained-an-outsider/\">stayed at people’s houses\u003c/a>,” she said. “It was very exciting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Prolman, 59, holds up a sign from when she campaigned for President Jimmy Carter as a child growing up in New Hampshire. She remembers him coming to stay with her family during a campaign visit. Prolman visited the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the Capitol, Prolman, who now lives in D.C., held up her handwritten ‘Carter for President’ poster that she made nearly 50 years ago. Under those words were small hand-drawn peanuts, a nod to his time as a peanut farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a truly kind man,” she said. “He brought so much to this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Political leaders, friends and family honored the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, concluding\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>more than a week of public tributes to the 39th president, who died \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/130189535/jimmy-carter-former-president-dead-at-100\">on Dec. 29\u003c/a> at the age of 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an ultimate Washington insider sendoff for a public servant known throughout his career as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">political outsider\u003c/a>. All five living presidents attended the funeral, including President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in less than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"A funeral procession with guards carries a coffin with a US flag draped over it down stairs with people on both sides.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members carry the casket with Carter’s remains down the steps of the U.S. Capitol before the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carter, who is the nation’s longest-living president, planned much of the funeral with the help of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, an effort they began decades ago. Many of their choices rang clear, deliberate and poignant, from the selection of the late president’s favorite music to the list of speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Biden — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1161050106/jimmy-carter-biden-relationship\">longtime friend and colleague\u003c/a> of the 39th president — delivered a eulogy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163392887/biden-jimmy-carter-eulogy\">a request made by Carter directly in 2021\u003c/a>. Biden celebrated Carter’s character and their friendship of nearly 50 years and cast a forward-looking message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, many think he was from a bygone era,” Biden said. “But in reality, he saw well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left to Right, first row, U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, second row, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mandel Ngan/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Biden also argued there is “an obligation” to “to give hate no safe harbor” and to stand up to “the abuse of power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not about being perfect because none of us are perfect. We’re all fallible,” he said. “But it’s about asking ourselves, are we striving to do things — the right things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the values that animate our spirit to operate from fear or hope? Ego for generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it’s most tested?” Biden added. “For keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, Jimmy Carter’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral service begins with the entrance of his flag-draped casket at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR/Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The funeral at the National Cathedral is part of a national day of mourning, which Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/29/proclamation-announcing-the-death-of-james-earl-carter-jr/\">declared in Carter’s honor\u003c/a> after his death. The service followed additional memorials and ceremonies since last Saturday at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249994/jimmy-carter-funeral-washington-dc\">U.S. Capitol\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5246282/live-coverage-jimmy-carter-atlanta-funeral-georgia-carter-center\">Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta and his hometown of Plains, Georgia. \u003c/a>Carter’s remains will be transported back to Georgia for a private ceremony and burial in Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Biden’s eulogy, Carter’s grandsons, Josh and Jason Carter, delivered personal and passionate family tributes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Carter speaks during the state funeral for his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter. \u003ccite>(Ben Curtis/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Carter highlighted his grandfather’s 77-year marriage to Rosalynn Carter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1019825478/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dies\">who died in 2023\u003c/a>, along with his lifelong outlook tied to his faith, given Carter was a devout Southern Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rest assured that in these last weeks, he told us that he was ready to see her again,” Jason Carter said. “But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Steve Ford — the son of former President Gerald Ford, whom Carter \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">beat in the 1976 presidential race\u003c/a> — delivered a posthumous eulogy to the 39th president written by his father — a striking nod to Carter’s longevity, given he outlived Ford by nearly 18 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia, but distances have a way of vanishing when measured in values rather than miles,” Ford said. “It was because of our shared values that Jimmy and I respected each other as adversaries even before we cherished one another as dear friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale, also read a eulogy written by the late vice president. Mondale, who served as Carter’s vice president, died in the spring of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mondale emphasized the late president’s record and highlighted his work addressing climate change, gender discrimination and income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1020x782.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1536x1178.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young person wearing Carter pins waits near the Washington National Cathedral along with others, hoping to get a glimpse of the procession after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of our time in the White House, the president and I were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office,” Mondale said. “We came up with a sentence, which remains an important summary of our work. We told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That we did, Mr. President,” he added. “I will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter’s former aide, Stu Eizenstat, passionately ticked through Carter’s presidential record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time to redeem his presidency and also lay to rest the myth that his greatest achievements came only as a former president,” Eizenstat said, characterizing him as “the most consequential one-term presidents in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He defended Carter’s domestic policy efforts, particularly around the environment and curbing inflation. He also detailed Carter’s foreign policy record, referencing his leadership on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759268550/at-camp-david-trump-sought-the-mantle-of-history-but-afghanistan-is-different\">Camp David Accords\u003c/a> and his work easing relations with Panama by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/1161146405/president-jimmy-carter-legacy-panama\">relinquishing control\u003c/a> of the Canal Zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members and mourners depart from the Washington National Cathedral after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eizenstat also offered a personal tribute to Carter and his ability to uplift other religions, sharing he came to Eizenstat’s house for a Passover Seder and was the first president to light a Hanukkah menorah. 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I knew him a little bit, and he was a very fine person, but that was a big mistake,” Trump added. On Wednesday evening, the president-elect and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, paid their respects to Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week. Trump later told reporters he had met with members of the Carter family earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public was also able to pay tribute to the former president at the Capitol. While waiting in line outside, Carter’s supporters praised his long career in public life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021272\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The public write notes in condolence books in the Capitol Visitor Center, near the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Wentzell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who traveled to the memorial with his daughter, told NPR that Carter was “a real role model for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was so sincere in everything he did,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view him as a really good man, high moral values,” Washington, D.C., resident Bruce Meredith said as he got in line. “He seriously was a public servant. 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And that’s why I respect him so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Prolman was just 11 years old when Carter ran for president, but she recalled fondly how he stayed in her family’s home in New Hampshire during the 1976 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of staying at hotels, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wabe.org/jimmy-carter-will-be-honored-in-washington-a-city-where-he-remained-an-outsider/\">stayed at people’s houses\u003c/a>,” she said. “It was very exciting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Prolman, 59, holds up a sign from when she campaigned for President Jimmy Carter as a child growing up in New Hampshire. She remembers him coming to stay with her family during a campaign visit. Prolman visited the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the Capitol, Prolman, who now lives in D.C., held up her handwritten ‘Carter for President’ poster that she made nearly 50 years ago. Under those words were small hand-drawn peanuts, a nod to his time as a peanut farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a truly kind man,” she said. “He brought so much to this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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