The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...

We saw all five living presidents happily seated together, while we observers speculated as to what Republican ...

Ken Allison, the father of Jason Aldean's band member, acclaimed songwriter son Kurt, talks about them playing inaugural ...

Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s first reelection bid, set to be a marquee 2026 Senate race, has both parties sharpening ...

When he showed up at the Chicago Tribune one day in early 1976, James Earl Carter, Jr., was announced by one of our young newsroom copy clerks as “that governor from Georgia who thinks he can run for ...

Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan as the new Republican president thanked the Democrat for his administration ...

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady ...

This story originally appeared on Georgia Recorder. Jimmy Carter would chart a new course for the state at the start of his ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, ...

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National ...