Carter Never Took to Washington. The Feeling Was Mutual.
Jimmy Carter was a genuine Washington outsider when he won the White House in 1976. And he remained proudly so, for better or ...
Four Years After Capitol Riot, Congress Certifies Trump’s Victory Peacefully
Vice President Kamala D. Harris presided over the certification of her own loss without disputing it, and Democrats made no ...
Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain ...
Congress Certifies Trump’s Victory
A joint session of Congress is set to convene on Monday afternoon to certify President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, performing a basic ritual of democracy that was brutally ...
Carter’s Panama Canal Treaties Symbolize How Much Washington Has Changed
To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside ...
The Most Reliable Scapegoat in Politics? Red Tape.
Candidates perennially tell us that they’re the ones who understand the pain of being constrained by thickets of red tape — ...
‘He Saved Our Lives’: Former Hostages Recall Carter’s Quest to Free Them
The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one ...
Tentative Plans for Carter’s Memorial Services
Plans include lying in state at the U.S. Capitol and a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
‘Hanging Out With Jimmy Carter,’ Biden Faces the Echoes of History
President Biden is yet another one-term Democrat hurt by inflation and struggling to free hostages before leaving office. But ...
From the Grave, Mondale to Eulogize the Man Who Made Him Vice President
Walter F. Mondale died in 2021, but he left behind the eulogy he planned to deliver at former President Jimmy Carter’s ...
Carter Funeral Service to Be Held at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9
The state funeral will cap more than a week of remembrances honoring Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, ...
In the Presidents’ Club, Carter Was the Odd Man Out
Jimmy Carter’s relationship with his successors in the Oval Office, both Republicans and fellow Democrats, was generally ...