A large sum of riches descended upon Venice, Italy, over the last few days for the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren ...

Remembering Carter as we steel ourselves for Trump’s second inauguration. The first vote I cast in a presidential election was for Jimmy Carter in the 1976 New York primary. Carter came in ...

“Carter’s presidency in the field of foreign policy was transformative,” says Carter biographer Kai Bird. “He really did put human rights at the center.” ...

President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, along Pennsylvania Avenue after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 1977. (Suzanne Vlamis/AP) ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: With some more on the life, legacy, and presidency of Jimmy Carter, with Pulitzer Prize winning author Kai Bird. You’ll remember him from his ...

Kai Bird is remembered for his Robert Oppenheimer biography, which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film "Oppenheimer." The author's Jimmy Carter biography, "The Outlier," follows the late ...

D.L. Gorton/The New York Times “Carter’s state funeral in Washington is full of ironies,” said Kai Bird, who titled his 2021 biography of Mr. Carter “The Outlier” for a reason.

A horse-drawn caisson will take President Jimmy Carter’s remains from a hearse to lie in state at the Capitol from the United States Navy Memorial tomorrow. Carter, died Dec. 29, 2024, at his ...

President Carter, center, is flanked by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin as they face newsmen at the conclusion of their Middle East peace talks at Camp ...

The historian Kai Bird, for instance, notes that after struggling to pass a tax on gas-guzzling cars, Carter wrote in his diary, “The influence of the oil and gas industry is unbelievable, and ...

Kai Bird, Author, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter": Well, he was an outlier for all of the reasons that Judy just explained. He came from these very spartan circumstances ...

Steve Inskeep: Why was [Jimmy Carter] an outlier, as you called him? Kai Bird: He was an outlier in all sorts of ways. He grew up in south Georgia playing as a child with African-Americans.