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, ...

The 39th president will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral ...

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

Reagan's greatest conflict was not with Iran, but the Soviet Union -- and he handled it much differently than Carter handled ...

In a striking statement during a wild press conference, President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that if the hostages still ...

Without President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age 100, the Religious Right might not have come into existence. Here's ...

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a ...

There were many reasons that Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980. The Panama Canal Treaty wasn’t among them.

"Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ," said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of ...

Learn about Jimmy Carter's efforts in Latin America, including Panama Canal negotiations and attempts at normalizing ...

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) announced that all of its runways reopened Tuesday morning after they closed ...