The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and derailed many Carter initiatives.

The war had been over for Americans since 1973; North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, reuniting the country by force in 1975. Still, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter believed the fates of thousands of ...

Ironically, in a speech about a “crisis of confidence” Carter himself came across as not confident. Although he did lay out a plan, the speech lacked any single phrase that anyone could look at afterward and feel that he had a plan, and would be decisive, and has a shot at carrying out.

A pomp-filled state funeral for the 39th president brought together all five living presidents and featured a eulogy from President Biden.

Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.

The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the Middle East.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter issued Proclamation 4483 on his first full day in office ...