Kennedy Remembered by Family, Friends and the President at Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2009 Just over a year ago, Sen. Ted Kennedy took to the podium at the Democratic National Convention to give Barack Obama a major boost as he began his final push to become president. On Saturday, it was Obama's turn to pay tribute to his former fellow senator as the president delivered the eulogy at Kennedy's funeral in Boston. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumble Brews Over Kennedy’s Replacement

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2009 Filling Ted Kennedy's Senate seat isn't going to be easy, above and beyond his official status as a tough act to follow, because of the highly politicized (and fairly recently reconfigured) protocol for replacing U.S. senators from Massachusetts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tony Snow’s Funeral

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Homophobic Church Ordered to Pay $10.9M for Picketing Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 A Maryland court has ordered leaders of Kansas' fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church to pay almost $11 million in damages to Albert Snyder, the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq. Snyder sued the controversial church after members picketed his son's funeral in March 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yeltsin Mourned, Buried in Moscow

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2007 Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the country's first elected president, was laid to rest in Moscow on Wednesday. Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush joined other dignitaries for the state funeral at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the first such ceremony for a Russian leader to be held in a church in more than 100 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Iraq VP’s Dying Wish Granted

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2007 U.S. and Iraqi authorities have honored the final request of former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan: to be buried next to Saddam Hussein. After Ramadan's execution Tuesday, his remains were flown to Tikrit, where hundreds of mourners were gathering. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush to Avoid Ford’s State Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2006 President Bush will skip out on President Ford's state funeral on Saturday, instead remaining in Texas until services are held on Tuesday. Ford gave two embargoed interviews critical of the current president that were released shortly after his death. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Funereal Antics

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Zarqawi Buried in Unmarked Location

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2006 Iraq's national security advisor won't publicly disclose the burial place of the slain terrorist leader. A man claiming to be Bin Laden said in a new tape that "What scares you after the death of Zarqawi is your knowledge that, left alone, Muslims will give Zarqawi a huge funeral, which shows the sympathy of the Muslims with their sons of holy warriors." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Sr. Condemns ‘Ugly’ Politics at King’s Funeral, Defends Son

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 The former president criticizes "political shots" taken at his son by former President Jimmy Carter and the Rev Joseph Lowery during the Coretta Scott King funeral last week Bush defends the administration's domestic spying program, tritely invoking 9/11 as a blanket justification for trampling constitutional freedoms Story | Listen Interview . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hypocrisy on Display at King’s Funeral?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Bush attends the services of Coretta Scott King while simultaneously pressing on with a warrantless spying program | storyForty years ago, the FBI used illegal wiretaps in an attempt to blackmail King's husband | Truthdig filesPlus a change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )