When I arrived at the White House, there were Rosalynn and the president, the leader of the free world holding his bible. I climbed into the limousine, and we motorcaded to church.

“Jimmy Carter really was facing a lot of opposition” in China and the United States, said Brian P. Hilton, a historian of Cold War diplomacy. “What Carter did was he took that basic idea of ...

On a bright January morning in 1979, then US president Jimmy Carter greeted a historic guest in Washington: Deng Xiaoping, the man who unlocked China's economy. The first leader of Communist China to visit the United States,

“As U.S. president Jimmy Carter facilitated and oversaw the establishment of diplomatic ties with China and made vital contributions to promoting the development of Sino-US relations and friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two countries,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a regular media briefing Monday.

President Carter visited Washington National Cathedral several times, both as president and during his decades of activism after he left the White House. The Cathedral also hosted the state funerals for Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush.

"Jimmy Carter’s legacy is best measured in lives changed ... Trump also said, without evidence, China operates the canal. Mulino said Carter got important work done for Panama in an era when it wasn't easy. “His time in the White House marked complex ...

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a preemptive strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities to destroy their capabilities.

Donald and Melania Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter on Wednesday. Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100. Trump had recently sharply criticized the former US president for his policies on the Panama Canal.

Chip Carter, the son of former President Jimmy Carter, reflects on his memories of his father and opens up about the final days of the former President. MSNBC's Richard Lui reports.

President Biden will eulogize Carter in Washington. Carter’s other living successors are expected to attend, along with other dignitaries.