A year-long hostage crisis led to a presidency that would shape American politics for decades. But how much of what really happened is public?

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

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

Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the Middle East.

As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.

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.

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.

The death of Jimmy Carter on Sunday is causing many ... The hostages were finally released on Jan. 20, 1981, minutes after Reagan took office. Carter’s government had signed the Algiers Accords ...

The arc of his life stands in such stark contradiction to the brand of strong-armed, pugilistic leadership the nation has just embraced

I was waiting with others to board a morning flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The crowd of passengers was growing restless. We had seen the plane at the gate for some time. The crew had already boarded.