Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan ...

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.

It was the four paragraphs in the introduction to “Why Not the Best?” -- Jimmy Carter’s first book and his campaign ...

James Earl Carter, Jr., the 39th president of the United States, was a complex figure in American politics. Born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, he passed away in the same town on December 29, ...

Jimmy Carter formed the Department of Energy, opposed a major Oak Ridge nuclear project and responded to Three Mile Island.

WASHINGTON — President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr.’s final procession through Washington started Jan. 7 at the U.S. Navy ...

The body of President Jimmy Carter has arrived in Washington, D.C. as the nation prepares for the official state funeral for ...

Ensign Jimmy Carter was assigned to serve on a by-then aging and broken-down USS Wyoming after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. The ...