Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th president lay in state ahead of his funeral Thursday in the nation's capital.

President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy at Washington National Cathedral. Several former presidents, including President-elect Donald Trump, are expected to attend.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will meet for the first time since the US election at the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday.

Decades ago, Jimmy Carter engineered the creation of the modern Education Department. On the heels of his death, the agency's future is threatened.

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.

"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it," Trump said of the US flag flying at half-staff during his inauguration.

Former President Jimmy Carter's body lays in state at the U.S. Capitol prior to his state funeral Thursday. The funeral will take place at the Washington National Cathedral.

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda.

The nation pauses to honor Jimmy Carter for his service as a naval officer, governor and president, and his four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania paid respects to the late President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday before huddling with Senate Republicans for a wide-ranging discussion on his