President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a marathon 100-minute huddle with Senate Republicans touting what he called a “very strong” discussion of how to implement his agenda — after paying his respects to the late Jimmy Carter feet away at the Capitol.

Police arrested a man armed with a machete and multiple knives attempting to enter the U.S. Capitol complex as visitors streamed in to pay their respects to the late President Jimmy Carter and just hours before President-elect Donald Trump met with GOP senators.

Capitol police have identified the 35-year-old man accused of trying to light his spray-painted car on fire near where former President Carter was lying in state.

Report Thursday, Jan. 9 © Greg NashDC unites for Carter farewell, but tough battles ahead THE POLITICAL BATTLES IN WASHINGTON paused for a moment on Thursday, as past,

So, in July 1979, the nation was in a deep, Carter-induced funk. And Carter's reaction was to ... blame the nation. That was the theme of the "malaise" speech.

In what is believed to be the first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Pence, the two shook hands before the state funeral for former President Carter.

For the next several weeks, area residents can pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter and the legacy he left behind at a thrift store run by the local chapter of an

Former President Jimmy Carter arrived at the U.S. Capitol to lie in state after a memorial service attended by his family, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress and other officials.

Devoutness wasn't always an important feature in a presidential candidate. That all changed after Carter professed his “born again” Christianity.

As often is the case with the funerals of former politicians, the reverence and respect on display among attendees supersedes their partisan differences.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and former first lady Michelle Obama were among notable dignitaries not in attendance at the former President Jimmy Carter state funeral on Thursday.