WASHINGTON — 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.

Former President Jimmy Carter's casket arrived in Washington on Tuesday as U.S. officials pay their final respects before he is laid to rest in Georgia. The 39th president passed away at his home ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered in six days of state funeral events that began Saturday​ with a service at ...

The 39th U.S. president was ceremoniously brought from the U.S. Navy Memorial to the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday, Jan. 7, so that mourners can pay their respects Jimmy Carter has arrived at the ...

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Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began in Georgia, where the 39th U.S. president’s life started more than 100 years ago ...

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter‘s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood ...

Carter's casket will be transferred in a horse-drawn caisson to the U.S. Capitol at 2 p.m. Tuesday before congress pays respects at 3 p.m. Jimmy Carter, 39th US president and noted humanitarian ...

The casket was placed in the middle of the room ... “I didn’t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death,” he added, even though he had first mentioned it unprompted.

A motorcade carried the casket into Washington for a final journey ... “I didn’t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death,” he added, even though he had first ...