Jimmy Carter won this posthumous Grammy, and it’s his fourth
Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died in December at…
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News Analysis: Carter, during and after presidency, changed way world saw the U.S. — often for the better
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat. For years he was derided as a weak leader. But over time a fundamental shift took place in how Carter was regarded,…
Column: Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden and revisionist presidential history
For my entire career, it’s seemed, the Republican Party has run against Jimmy Carter. From my novice reporter days in Texas beginning midway through his single term, through my years in…
Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton Northern California peanut
In the spring of 1977, President Jimmy Carter, the former peanut farmer who had just taken office, was offered a big gift — if you can call it that — from the misty Northern California…
Jimmy Carter Was an Honorable Leader—and an Even Better Man
"Max, this is Jimmy. Jimmy Carter." It was an early Sunday morning. I was about to go out for a morning run when my telephone rang. "Can you join Rosalynn and me for Sunday school and…
'How Jimmy Carter kept me alive in Iran'
Out of the many mourning former President Jimmy Carter, not everyone can say he saved their life. Rocky Sickmann was a 22-year-old US Marine stationed at the American embassy in Tehran,…
A long, freezing wait for a few hushed moments: a people's farewell to Jimmy Carter
WASHINGTON — First came the public pomp, in dying hours of winter daylight: a horse-drawn caisson bearing the flag-draped casket, dignitaries with bowed heads, the snow-muffled echo of a…
President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds
Of all the legacies of Jimmy Carter, his engagement with the Middle East might have been the most complex and consequential — and perhaps the most painfully incomplete. At its heart is a…
Column: Jimmy Carter was the right candidate for 1976, but was he the right president?
SACRAMENTO — Jimmy Carter was the right presidential candidate for his time in 1976 — a smiling, homespun, anti-Washington outsider promising truth and decency. He was a natural populist,…
China reacts to death of former US President Jimmy Carter
The Chinese government on Monday paid tribute to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died the previous day at the age of 100, praising him for being the "promoter and decision-maker"…
How Jimmy Carter lost his job and found his mission: a personal remembrance
As the media has been blanketed with well-deserved praise for President Jimmy Carter's noble life, it feels as though everything has now been said... but perhaps just not yet by everybody.…
MAGA furious over Donald Trump's apparent U-turn on Jimmy Carter
Many MAGA supporters are against a eulogy President-elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday. Newsweek reached out to Trump's…
Jimmy Carter death updates: World leaders pay tribute to 39th President
World leaders have expressed their sorrow and admiration following the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at 100. Renowned for his diplomacy and humanitarian…
Breakfast with Jimmy Carter in a tense Khartoum
Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum. It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was rousing to life. Carter was in the Sudanese capital…
Opinion: Jimmy Carter had a second term. It just wasn't in the White House
At a campaign event in Winston-Salem on the eve of the 1976 North Carolina Democratic primary, a voter asked then-candidate Jimmy Carter whether he was a “born again” Christian. Carter, a…
Column: History gets Jimmy Carter wrong, both underrated and overrated
In the lives of public figures a tale often takes hold and that narrative becomes their story. In the case of Jimmy Carter, it goes like this: A humble peanut farmer and former Georgia…
Jimmy Carter dies; 39th president became influential human rights advocate
Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor who became the 39th president of the United States, promising “honest and decent” government to Watergate-weary Americans,…
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter dead at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died Sunday, confirmed by his family to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Washington Post. He was 100 years old. Born James Earl Carter, Jr., in…
FACT CHECK: Did NYPD Release the Identity of the Woman Who Was Burnt to Death on NYC Subway Train as Amelia Carter?
Did the New York Police Department on Tuesday release the identity of a woman who was set on fire by an illegal immigrant on a New York subway train on Sunday morning? A photograph was…