The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one ...

When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It ...

Experts debate if a Gaza ceasefire deal that releases hostages could give Donald Trump a lift like Ronald Reagan's in 1981.

Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on ...

Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage ...

At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Barry Rosen, one of the 52 Americans held in Iran during the hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981, on President Jimmy Carter's quest to bring about their safe release.

Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame ...

On Sunday, December 29, 2024, former President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr., the longest-living president, passed away at ...

Stuart Eizenstat, a policy advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, discusses Carter's achievements and challenges during ...

Jimmy Carter was the victim of his own miscalculations as well as bad timing as president. The Iran hostage crisis was clearly not his doing, nor were the long lines at ...

His record largely reflects this effort – but the Iran hostage crisis has tended to obscure that Carter was otherwise a successful commander-in-chief on the foreign policy front. Within weeks of ...