As President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and directives on his first day of his second administration, he ...

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 ...

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady ...

Let’s imagine that Franklin D. Roosevelt had possessed the same gift for longevity as Jimmy Carter and lived until he was 100. He would have died in1982, in Ronald Reagan’s second year in office.

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and ...

Whatever ceremonial respect Jimmy Carter gets paid while he's lying in state, it's unlikely to change his historical reputation as a second-rater. The scholars who fill out the presidential rankings ...

At first, Jimmy Carter was a political wizard. But he couldn’t keep the magic act going.

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to live to be 100 years old — a feat made even more incredible by the fact that he was alive for 40% of the nation’s history. When Carter was born in ...

For many years, the 39th president generated little attention from authors. But recently books have sought to re-evaluate his reputation. Here is a look at the expanding Carter library. By Peter ...

New Orleans rapper Lil’ Wayne — born Dwayne Carter — incorporates clips from Jimmy Carter’s inauguration speech into his 2011 song, “President Carter .” Even Jimmy Carter Boulevard, the Gwinnett ...

Jimmy Carter made several visits to Northeast Ohio, including stops at Rolling Acres, Chapel Hill and Akron Square.

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as little more than a failed one-term president who presided over rampant inflation, a gas shortage and the Iran hostage crisis.