John Harris is founding editor and global editor-in-chief of POLITICO. His Altitude column offers a regular perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. Let’s imagine that Franklin D.

Jimmy Carter was riding high in the 1976 presidential campaign. Then he told Playboy magazine he'd “committed adultery in my heart many times.” ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

CLINTON — The auditorium at Clinton Town Hall was packed on the evening of March 16, 1977. Hundreds more gathered outside. President Jimmy Carter was the special guest, in town for “Smalltown ...

Of the four US presidents who’ve been handed a Nobel Peace Prize–Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama–the one who’d shown the cleanest pair of heels when it comes ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will remain closed on Jan. 9 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long ... the national days of mourning for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in ...

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.

It’s no secret that former President Jimmy Carter was a big music lover. He was the “rock ‘n’ roll president.” One of his first orders of business after moving into the White House was ...

Jimmy Carter’s one term in the White House left various imprints, from US relationships in the Middle East to how we think about inflation, but one of the 39th president's most lasting legacies ...