I was just blown away that President Carter, one of the greatest human beings in the world, would call me and ask me to be his pastor,” said the Rev. Tony Lowden.

Chip Carter, the son of former President Jimmy Carter, reflected on his father’s extraordinary life, legacy, and the deeply personal lessons he imparted.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.

Michael Tropp has met seven presidents and visited all 39 presidential gravesites. This presidential history buff just paid his respects to Jimmy Carter.

Police said the man was arrested at a security checkpoint for people waiting to view former President Jimmy Carter's casket as he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

The nation continues to mourn the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100.

Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the US Capitol before his state funeral in Washington, DC, and burial in Georgia.

Carter's national funeral service in the morning will be held at the Washington National Cathedral. His private funeral service will be in Plains, Georgia, his hometown. Carter's funeral will be broadcast on "TODAY" and NBC News.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pay their respects to a president. They were not going to miss it, even if meant waking up in the middle of the night.