Praise for Carter's deployment of hot water solar panels ignores, among other things, his promotion of coal and synthetic fuels.

As we absorb the many tributes written upon the death of former President Jimmy Carter, younger Americans born after his presidency are learning that he was a man of many firsts. Those achievements include the longest-lived president at 100,

President Jimmy Carter, the first politician to get me excited about politics, was a good man and a great man. His personal qualities, however, didn't translate into political success, and that was the job.

Eerie similarities between Joe Biden's hostage release deal and the deal made with Iran by former President Jimmy Carter do not go unnoticed.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.

The official state funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter was held at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following a state funeral held in Washington, D.C. “He was the last president to actively encourage participation and involvement in governmental processes by the progressive civil community,

“Jimmy Carter was a blessing that helped to create a great United ... not releasing them until minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as Carter’s successor. The hostage crisis severely weakened Carter, especially after a rescue effort by elite ...

Watch Jimmy Carter's State funeral live from Washington D.C., where Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Al Gore and more are in attendance.

“Jimmy Carter’s friendship taught me ... President Carter died at 100, having outlived his successors, former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; former speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill; and his own vice president, Walter Mondale.

Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams before him, Carter will mostly be remembered for what came after his time in the White House rather than those four years in it—as he should be.

All five living presidents appeared together at the funeral service of former US President Jimmy Carter. US Presidents Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton sat in the front pews. At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.