Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation's capital.

The extraordinary gathering offered an unusual moment of comity for the nation in a factionalized, hyper-partisan era.

The proceedings began Thursday morning as military service members carried Carter's flag-draped casket down the east steps of ...

Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather ...