Flags throughout the U.S. are being flown at half-staff to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died in December. They will be raised in a few days.
His impulses were right, but he took them too far. Donald Trump was a beneficiary.
It is unusual for five current and former presidents to gather at the same event, but when it happens, it is often at a funeral.
As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.
The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.
The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests over moral values, advocating instead for a foreign policy that
Former President Jimmy Carter is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as the nation honors the 39th president.
In death, as in life, former President Jimmy Carter can’t seem to get a fair shake ... fiscal and monetary decisions by Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, an unusually destructive combination. LBJ, aided by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ...
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, initially won over Ohioans with his values, but it wasn't enough to keep their trust.
Mike Johnson said he is going to order that the Capitol's flags, which are at half-staff due to the death of Jimmy Carter, be raised for Donald Trump's inauguration.
Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams before him, Carter will mostly be remembered for what came after his time in the White House rather than those four years in it—as he should be.
As Gerald Ford’s chief White House photographer, David Hume Kennerly was able to get exclusive access to many scenes from Jimmy Carter’s presidential transition.