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.”

Congress paid tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter at the Capitolwith Kamala Harris, Mike Johnson, and John Thune speaking fondly of his character.

In a quiet village tucked in the shadow of India's capital, the late US president Jimmy Carter's name is etched for posterity.He was driven by a deeply personal mission: his mother Lillian had worked in the village as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1960s.

Vice President Harris, Congressional members, and guests gathered in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday as former president Carter's funeral proceedings continued.

Former US President Jimmy Carter’s body returns to Washington DC for three days of state funeral rites.View on euronews

President Joe Biden issued an executive order closing all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Harris remembered the late president's "humility, modesty and grace" in a speech at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and living a life of service.

The Jobar Synagogue in Jobar, Syria, is one of the oldest synagogues in the world. After the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, it’s newly accessible to Syrian Jews, who for years steered clear of the area due to ongoing violence, according to The Associated Press.

The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday,