President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

Jimmy Carter, who served a single full presidential term without the chance to appoint a Supreme Court justice, nonetheless ...

Locals and visitors alike packed their way into Savannah's famed dive bar to raise a glass to former president and ...

From his time in the White House to his ongoing work as a humanitarian and advocate for peace, Jimmy Carter's life has been anything but ordinary.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87. Her death comes less than two months before the election gives President Donald Trump a chance to try to shift the already ...

Carter's four years in office were marked by a record number of women and people of color being named to serve on the federal ...

“Biden can seal legacy by ordering action on ERA” ( Reading Eagle, Jan. 2), urged President Joe Biden to “pick up the phone and instruct the archivist to finalize the ERA now.” Since its initial ...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced Thursday he’s running for governor in 2026 to succeed term-limited Gov.

Not long ago, there was broad consensus that climate change litigation was a matter of federal law. As recently as 2011, ...

President Joe Biden said he’ll order a state funeral in Washington for Jimmy Carter, calling the former Democratic president ...

He was the first president to significantly diversify the lower federal courts by appointing female and minority judges — a point that the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg often touted.

Since Bush's death in 2018, six others have lain in state in the rotunda: Elijah Cummings (October 2019), John Lewis (July ...