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Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored next month ahead of his 100th birthday with a musical gala at Atlanta's Fox Theatre

Vice presidential picks can’t help a presidential candidate, but they can hurt one, according to political scientists. Presidential campaigns still spend a fair amount of time thinking about running mates and the ways in which they might boost the ticket – or at least not hurt it.

There’s a reason Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign is working hard to evoke nostalgia: People who are nostalgic – meaning, people who long for America’s “good old days” – were more likely to vote for Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections, according to research I conducted along with collaborators…

The Carter Center condemns violence at Trump rally, advocates for civility in democratic discourse.

After a rare Biden presser, detractors still want him gone

After Biden's dismal debate against Trump, pundits turn to polls to learn America's future; what do they say?

…A Hazy Shade of Winter… You know the drill. Headline first. Then a march through the methodology. If you want single-serving factoids, go to, well, pretty much anywhere else on the Internet. Donald Trump arrives in the office almost an hour later than any President since 1933. His average arrival…

Presidents and other politicians used to resign or retire for the good of the country. What's changed?

Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from history

Incumbents tend to do worse in the first debate of the presidential election season as they step out of their ‘protected bubble’

For the last 40 years, it has been a slide down a slippery slope into authoritarianism and ignorance