The memo signified Trump’s effort to swiftly address a historic post-pandemic spike in consumer prices. Inflation is a chief ...
Appointing Paul Volcker was the top accomplishment of the Carter presidency, and the benefit of a more vigilant Fed continues ...
In the Jan. 11 Lewiston Tribune, there was a political cartoon showing a mother and son discussing the flags being at half-staff. The mother said it was for a great man who used to be president; the ...
On July 15, 1979, amid inflation and long lines at the gas pump, Jimmy Carter made an economic plea to the American people.
President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.
As may now be apparent, I disagree with my colleague Michael Sean Winters who wrote that James Earl Carter Jr. was a failed ...
Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In between? That's the problem.
Financial writer discusses JPMorgan Chase's strong results, Federal Reserve policies, and how they impact future banking stock performance.
Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and living a life of service.
Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 general election by a ... They share a fate as one-term Presidents undone by similar political troubles—inflation and the perception of growing U.S. weakness abroad.
Carter promised the American people, “I’ll never lie to you.” He was so honest that in a 1980 interview, during his reelection campaign, he was asked how he would grade his presidency. His answer: B’s ...
Overshadowing it all, at least for now, is his ejection from the 2024 campaign amid concerns of declining mental acuity — and then the election of Donald Trump, whom Biden had once defeated and dubbed ...