Politics

Jimmy Carter’s legacy as a president and philanthropic pioneer is also a coveted subject for historians. They’re also mourning his death for the trailblazing path he forged, one they say will be hard to replicate. Carter’s life was a textbook definition of the American Dream, and what one local historian admires because of how he ...

Calvin Coolidge was president in 1924, the year Jimmy Carter was born.

Jimmy Carter’s 2015 melanoma diagnosis introduced the world to immunotherapy, sparking future cancer research. Millions of cancer patients are living longer because of it, experts say.

No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter. He wrote more than 30 books, including memoirs, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, policy works and a children’s story.

The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration over contentious policies.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North’s nuclear program. Many ...

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

The battle over immigration enforcement in San Diego County has drawn national attention, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – and his promise of mass deportations – draw closer.

Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers have met with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary at Mar-a-Lago as Canada tries to avoid sweeping tariffs when Trump takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

In many states, minimum wage workers will see a pay raise in January.

Over the next two years, 38 governor’s elections will be on the ballot, including in presidential battlegrounds and states with term-limited incumbents.