The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Carter

PLAINS, Ga. — Fridays were special for Bonita Hightower.

PLAINS, Ga. — When Jimmy Carter and his pastor, Tony Lowden, part ways after prayer sessions or private conversations, they have a hard-and-fast rule never to say goodbye.

Ronald Reagan, meanwhile, benefits from an eternal free pass

Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive — whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster — has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses for the underprivileged while living…

As a candidate for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter called for a government “as honest and decent and fair and competent and truthful and idealistic as are the American people.” The cynics rolled their eyes. They misjudged him.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care after a series of short hospital stays

PLAINS, Ga. — Nelle Ariail has 40 years' worth of stories about Jimmy Carter.

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter was ensconced Monday at his home as family and friends journeyed to pay what could be their last respects. Down the road, the town he grew up in marked a somber Presidents Day reflecting on their native son’s legacy.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — On the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy, families and Boy Scouts spent Presidents Day touring the school’s historic buildings and majestic chapel. The last stop of the official tour is an obelisk at the center of campus where first-year midshipmen will soon celebrate being “plebes no…

PLAINS, Ga. — Michael Dominick got the call last week that the city’s “smiling peanut” statue that sits on Georgia Highway 45 heading into Plains’ downtown needed to be spruced up.