1. George Bush, who saw the nation out of the Cold War as the 41st president of the United States, died on Friday at age 94.

Mr. Bush was the last president to have fought in World War II, and served in Congress, the United Nations and the C.I.A. before winning the White House. He sat in the Oval Office during a period of transition, 1989 to 1993, navigating the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union and, with a global coalition, expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

But he failed to persuade voters that he could manage the economy, and lost re-election. His son, George W. Bush, became president in 2001, and the Republican to hold the office after him, President Trump, had a hostile relationship with the family. But he praised Mr. Bush’s “sound judgment, common sense, and unflappable leadership,” and said he would attend his funeral.