Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

January 8 has seen pivotal events. On this day in 1992, US President George HW Bush vomited at a state dinner in Tokyo with Japan’s then-prime minister, Kiichi Miyazawa. It also marks the birthdays of ...

Jimmy Carter’s final journey to the nation’s capital Tuesday was a solemn affair, a vivid if rare reminder that the presidents, Supreme Court justices and members of Congress can come together for the ...