
Hillary Clinton: Madeleine Albright 'understood viscerally the value of freedom'
CNN
Hillary Clinton remembered former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as "a great person and a wonderful friend to me and literally so many others," in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour Thursday.
Albright died Wednesday at 84 years old from cancer, according to a family statement.
"I knew that she was sick," Clinton said, noting that she spoke with Albright "about two weeks ago" by phone to discuss Ukraine. "Until the very end, Christiane, she was strong, lucid, and very much of the same mind she always had been."

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











