Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

The Connecticut NAACP says that former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner has died.

At a delicate moment in the U.S. and for the world, President Joe Biden has been notably quiet lately.

It was the last thing you might expect if you watched MSNBC's “Morning Joe” a month ago — hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski asking for a meeting and traveling to Mar-a-Lago to talk with President-elect Donald Trump.

The Washington Post says it won't endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future.

Belgrade’s iconic Hotel Yugoslavia was once a symbol of progress in the former socialist state of Yugoslavia, and a gathering place for local residents and world leaders.

Georgians aren’t waiting to vote, with what could be more than 10% of expected turnout casting ballots through Wednesday.

Jimmy Carter has cast his ballot in the 2024 election.

With just 21 days remaining to cast votes this presidential season, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are scrambling to win over key constituents as well as the other party's voters.

Barring a late addition to the schedule, Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate between J.

Former president Jimmy Carter has reached his 100th birthday.

A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many celebrations marking President Jimmy Carter’s unprecedented 100th birthday on Oct. 1.

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.

Vice President Kamala Harris will skip this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York.

Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving an award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.

A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport has gathered to pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday.

It’s debate prep time for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

The Democratic National Convention’s second night served up a double dose of Obama firepower for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored next month ahead of his 100th birthday with a musical gala at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.

Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?”.

Democratic Party leaders are publicly standing by President Joe Biden after a disjointed debate performance.

As President Joe Biden attempts to reassure supporters following his widely panned debate performance on Thursday, Democrats still worried about having him at the top of the ticket in November have few realistic options at their disposal.

It's debate prep time for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Neil Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died.

Back in 2016, Donald Trump famously said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters because of it.

It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation.

Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden, but Trump keeps bringing up another Democrat, Jimmy Carter.

Just before dawn one summer day in Washington, America's president stripped naked on a rock by the river, plunged in and saw a dead man float to the surface.

Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name.

Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years.

Egypt has threatened to void its decades-long peace treaty with Israel if it begins a large-scale offensive against Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering in densely packed tent camps on the border with Egypt.

President Joe Biden is teaming up with predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton next month for a New York fundraiser aimed at powering up donations for his reelection campaign.

A bipartisan report is calling for greater transparency in elections and steps to make voting easier.

Iowa's caucuses started modestly some 50 years ago.

Former diplomat and White House aide Stuart E.

The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate may be familiar to anyone who has watched the previous three meetings.

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from an ex-con hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army.

Jill Biden has brought an ice rink to the White House lawn for children to skate and play hockey during the holidays.

With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends at her funeral in Plains, Georgia, the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born.

Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most.

The family of Rosalynn Carter has begun three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple.

President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday.

Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia.

Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health started during her husband's 1966 campaign for governor, when she spoke almost daily with Georgia families struggling to get help for their loved ones.

It’s been nearly 50 years since Mike Hightower first met Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, but his memories remain vivid.

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown of Plains, Georgia, is mourning the death of the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian.

Even though Jimmy Carter spent time in the Oval Office, history will remember the Carters for much more than Jimmy’s tenure as president.

Reactions are pouring in to the death of Rosalynn Carter.

Notable quotes from former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s 96 years.

Rosalynn Carter drew the nickname “Steel Magnolia” when she arrived in Washington as first lady.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter died Sunday at her home in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has died at the age of 96.

President Joe Biden is visiting naval installations in Virginia for an early kickoff to the Thanksgiving holiday week.

The Carter Center has announced that former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia.

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips has announced a primary challenge of President Joe Biden.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be soon be revealed and the annual guessing game is reaching its climax.

On Sunday, Habitat for Humanity's 2023 annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Week Project kicked off on the President's 99th birthday.

Jimmy Carter put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains.

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Saturday at his presidential library and museum in Atlanta ahead of his 99th birthday on Sunday.

The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during childbirth.

New Hampshire’s primary tradition may be little more than a fairy tale in the 2024 presidential race as the Republican presidential field largely overlooks the state in favor of Iowa.

Rosalynn Carter celebrated her 96th birthday at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community commemorated the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy.

President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David to encourage the U.S. allies, who have been thawing their frosty relationship, to cooperate more given their shared concerns about aggression from China and North Korea.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both face significant health challenges.

President Joe Biden's son Hunter is by no means the first presidential relative whose personal troubles have caused headaches for a White House.

Jimmy Carter is now 98 years old as he receives hospice care.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday.

An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War was buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia.

Jimmy Carter's grandson says the former president remains in good spirits three months after entering end-of-life care at home.

No president wants to give up the power and prestige that comes with the office after only one term, and Joe Biden is no exception.

As Jimmy Carter rests in hospice care at his home in Georgia, The Associated Press reached out to former political prisoners who credit him with saving their lives.

Former New Mexico Gov. Jerry Apodaca, who reorganized the state’s government into a cabinet-based system in the mid-1970s, has died.

Jimmy Carter’s Baptist faith was one of his calling cards in the 1976 presidential campaign.

President Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia.

When Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him, introducing Americans to a colorful Georgia family that helped shape the 39th president’s public life and now, generations later, is rallying around him for the private final chapter of his 98 years.

As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back.

Jimmy Carter’s path to the presidency is an oft-told story, especially by aspiring presidents trying to be the next politician to defy Washington expectations.

Former President Jimmy Carter is garnering accolades and well-wishes across the world since the announcement that the 98-year-old is receiving end-of-life care at home in Georgia.

As former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, it prompted a lot of questions, including exactly what is hospice care.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care after a series of short hospital stays.

Well-wishes and fond remembrances for former President Jimmy Carter were pouring in a day after he entered hospice care at his home in Georgia.

Former President Jimmy Carter will receive hospice care at home instead of treatment at the hospital, according to a social media message from The Carter Center.

The Carter Center says former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care.

Dramas over the mishandling of classified documents at a high level of the U.S. government aren't all new.

The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.

Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructure as president.

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.

The Iowa caucuses and their outsize importance have largely been an exercise in myth-making.

The Carter Center is training nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia.

Iran is marking the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the country’s morality police.

Presidential aspirants running for reelection while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term — should they win one — when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may come sooner than that.

Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies.

A U.S. attorney general during President Jimmy Carter’s administration, Benjamin R.

A federal jury in Virginia has heard opening statements in the trial of a think tank analyst who played a major role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump.

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, turned 98 on Saturday.