The US president’s power to pardon is both one of the most absolute and misunderstood provisions of the Constitution. Rooted ...

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O n a Wednesday morning in October 2014, in a garage in the woods of Pennsylvania, Tommy Trotta tried on some new jewelry: a ...

The incoming president claims that the US government knows 'all about' the mystery drones that have forced the closure of airports and military airfields – and that he'll reveal the truth soon ...

As Detroit was mired in its unprecedented municipal bankruptcy more than a decade ago, behind-the-scenes negotiators enlisted ...

A former FBI agent and key figure in a number of high-profile bombing investigations has died at the age of 80. You might ...

President Jimmy Carter channeled his work on the world stage through his non-profit Carter Center for more than four decades after leaving the White House. One of his key achievements was the near ...

Carter strove to help nearly eliminate Guinea worm disease, and more. As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are ...

Carter dies at 100: Tributes continue to pour in after Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday. He was surrounded by his family at his home in Plains, Georgia ...

Jimmy Carter, the longest-living United States president, died on Dec. 29 at age 100 Drew Angerer/Getty Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral proceedings will take place over six days following ...

What is certain is that Jimmy Carter, the only president who was simultaneously an evangelical Christian, a Southern progressive and a center-left Democrat, was an exceptional figure. All the ...