Carter believed in government as a tool to promote the common good − not as the source of ultimate good, but as a reflection of the moral obligations we owe to one another.
President Jimmy Carter, the first politician to get me excited about politics, was a good man and a great man. His personal qualities, however, didn't translate into political success, and that was the job.
Pictures shared on social media by the vice president and by the Carter Center prominently showed other past presidents in attendance.
Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in Washington, it was his wish to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
A merican presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the nearly absolute pardon power to be an exception. Alexander Hamilton, for example,
We offer eight tips to help you interrogate and contextualize President Trump's plan to close the U.S. Department of Education.
The former president’s passing is a remembrance of when a leader calls on the public for painful changes, writes guest commentator Matt Rexroad.
Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking cha
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but his influence already is rippling through state capitols. Republican governors have announced Trump-themed policies on immigration, crime and a
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions