Jimmy Carter

U.S. 12/03/19, 06:40

Former President Jimmy Carter was back in the hospital over the weekend for treatment for a urinary tract infection, the Carter Center announced Monday, Dec. 2. "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, ...

U.S. 11/12/19, 02:20

One of the few presidents to win a Nobel Peace Prize was admitted to an Atlanta hospital for brain surgery on Nov. 11. Jimmy Carter (D), 95, has been admitted to Emory University Hospital for an operation that could help remove ...

U.S. 11/11/19, 21:33

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a hospital on Monday evening for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls, his spokeswoman said. The procedure is scheduled for Tuesday morning at ...

U.S. 11/11/19, 01:16

The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They come, they say, for a dose of simple decency and devotion wrapped up in a Bible lesson. The ...

U.S. 11/03/19, 19:42

Former President Jimmy Carter taught a Bible lesson on life after death Sunday less than two weeks after breaking his pelvis in a fall. Using a walker, the 95-year-old Democrat slowly entered the crowded sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church in the ...

U.S. 10/31/19, 04:02

To stop Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist and the oldest former president of the nation, from teaching Sunday school, it will take more than a fractured pelvis. Carter's church in Plains, Georgia, said Tuesday, Oct. 29,  the 95-year-old former president expects ...

U.S. 10/22/19, 17:14

Former President Jimmy Carter fell Monday night, Oct. 21, at his Georgia home for the second time this month, suffering a fractured pelvis. “Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had a fall yesterday evening at his home in Plains, Ga. He has ...

U.S. 10/22/19, 10:21

Former President Jimmy Carter had another fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, fracturing his pelvis and going to the hospital for treatment and observation, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo described the fracture as minor. Her statement ...

U.S. 10/01/19, 13:30

Jimmy Carter, who served as America's 39th president, turns 95 today. He is the oldest living former president of the United States, a title once held by the late George H. W. Bush, who died at 94 late in 2018. Through the ...

Opinion 07/01/19, 09:58

Opinion A lot people have taken shots at President Donald Trump since he was elected, but on Friday, June 28, we entered uncharted territory. Former president and elder statesman Jimmy Carter said, at a public event, “Trump didn't actually win the election ...

Politics 06/29/19, 13:22

President Donald Trump on Saturday dismissed Jimmy Carter's swipe at the legitimacy of his election and said the charge was nothing more than a "Democrat talking point." Trump said he was surprised by Carter's comments alleging that Russian interference in the ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 06:32

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he returned to teaching Sunday school in Georgia for the first time since breaking his hip. Carter told people gathered at the ...

Politics 05/19/19, 05:35

Former President Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. Now, six administrations later, the longest-living chief executive in American history is re-emerging from political obscurity at age 94 ...

U.S. 05/16/19, 09:51

Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday school this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman said Thursday.Carter, 94, was released Thursday morning from a Georgia hospital after getting a hip replacement. He plans ...

U.S. 05/13/19, 18:10

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip Monday at his south Georgia home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said. The 94-year-old former president was treated in Americus, Georgia, near his ...

Politics 05/05/19, 11:52

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman, joined the large crowd at former President Jimmy Carter's Sunday school class in rural South Georgia. At Carter's invitation Buttigieg stood and read from the Bible as part of the lesson ...

U.S. 03/22/19, 05:31

Carter, the longest-living former US president, is slowing down a bit, but still helping the needy and promoting faith, peace and health

U.S. 03/22/19, 00:13

Nearly four decades after voters unceremoniously rejected then-President Jimmy Carter's bid for a second term, the 39th president has reached a milestone that electoral math cannot dispute: He is now the longest-living chief executive in American history.Friday is the 172nd ...

Politics 02/22/19, 16:47

The sprawling field of Democratic presidential hopefuls is on the move — to places other than the traditional early voting states of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has hopscotched from Puerto Rico to Georgia, where ...

Politics 02/22/19, 10:50

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday as she brings her presidential campaign to Georgia. Klobuchar spokeswoman Carlie Waibel says the Minnesota Democrat will meet privately with Abrams, who lost a bid ...