Washington National Cathedral is hosting a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump. Trump has been publicly silent about Cheney’s Nov. 3 death and was not invited to the funeral Thursday. Two ex-presidents are coming. Republican George W. Bush is set to eulogize the man who served him as vice president, and Democrat Joe Biden plans to attend. Among others delivering tributes are Liz Cheney, the former vice president's eldest daughter, and his longtime cardiologist, Jonathan Reiner.

South Africa's president says the Group of 20 nations will make a joint declaration at the end of their summit in Johannesburg this weekend despite warnings against that from the United States. President Cyril Ramaphosa added the summit host country “will not be bullied” by the U.S. to issue a toned-down statement at the end of the meeting of world leaders. The U.S. is boycotting the first G20 summit in Africa over Trump's claims that South Africa's Black-led government is violently persecuting the Afrikaner white minority. A South African official has said the U.S. told South Africa there should be no leaders declaration at the end of the summit.

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FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)