There were many reasons that Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980. The Panama Canal Treaty wasn’t among them.

In a striking statement during a wild press conference, President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that if the hostages still ...

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a ...

The coffin of former President Jimmy Carter was transported on a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol Rotunda, where Vice ...

Readers discuss a guest essay about the aging of two presidents. Also: A peaceful Jan. 6; the Palestinians’ future; ...

Storm Blair is bringing heavy snow to areas in the mid-Atlantic region that haven't seen such weather in a decade.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s ...

The storm has caused severe air travel disruptions. According to FlightAware, more than 1,800 flights in and out of the U.S.

"Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ," said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of ...

Now are the days of wine and roses. On January 21, Trump becomes a lame duck facing brutal political challenges.