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President Joe Biden mourned the death of former President Jimmy Carter in an address to the nation Sunday night from St. Croix, where he is spending his final New Year’s as president.

In light of former President Jimmy Carter’s death, his foundation, the Carter Center, is asking those whose lives the Nobel laureate touched to write a virtual condolence card for him.

Calvin Coolidge was president in 1924, the year Jimmy Carter was born.

Former President Jimmy Carter will receive a full state funeral on Jan. 9. The Joint Task Force National Capital Region, an office within the Department of Defense, is handling the ceremony preparations. A National Day of Mourning has been declared.

Jimmy Carter’s 2015 melanoma diagnosis introduced the world to immunotherapy, sparking future cancer research. Millions of cancer patients are living longer because of it, experts say.

No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter. He wrote more than 30 books, including memoirs, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, policy works and a children’s story.

The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration over contentious policies.

The flag will be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings until January 28, 2025 in honor of the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter.

Tributes to the former president poured in on the news of his passing.

He was the longest-lived former president in U.S. history.

“I could have wiped Iran off the map,” Jimmy Carter told CNBC in 2014. Memorable quotes from the 39th president.

A cloud of mystery hangs over the killing of Mosley, a mother, grandmother and deeply respected law enforcement leader in southern New Jersey.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North’s nuclear program. Many ...