President Jimmy Carter did more for the security of Israel than any American president other than Harry Truman.

Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements.

The president wanted Jews out of the West Bank. The prime minister went only as far as the Sinai.

Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care.

Jimmy Carter became known for his post-presidential work as a humanitarian, but don't overlook his achievements while in office.

Former President Carter’s postpresidential life lasted decades, putting his career in the White House in a deep rearview mirror in many ways. Carter died Sunday, according to the Carter

Over the years I would see more and more of Jimmy Carter. His long life was one of service, supporting human rights and working for peace.

Forging peace between Israel and Egypt required actions more morally nebulous than simple truth-telling and law-obeying from President Carter

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.

Asked once if his 12-year-old daughter, Amy, ever brags about her father being president, Jimmy Carter said she didn’t. If anything, he added, “she probably apologizes.” It was the summer of 1979, and the election in which Carter would lose in 44 of 50 states was more than a year away,