George H. W. Bush’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral drew five living presidents, family, friends and dignitaries from around the world.
Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.
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• Former President George H. W. Bush was remembered at his funeral on Wednesday as a “kinder and gentler” leader who steered the country through storms at home and abroad, and whose essential decency set a standard for others to meet. Read how the nation bade farewell to the 41st president.
• With Mr. Bush’s death, a generation of Cold War leaders has passed from the stage. In today’s very different era, the European and global institutions Mr. Bush and his contemporaries built are under threat.
• Federal prosecutors in Virginia are investigating a secret Turkish lobbying effort that once involved Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, even as Mr. Flynn’s role in the special counsel’s investigation winds down.
