The nation’s five living presidents came together on Thursday to honor former President Jimmy Carter in a pomp-filled funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral, creating a moment of solemn respite from the capital city’s political tensions and whirl of activity in preparation for a new administration.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, before a second service in his hometown in Georgia. President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign,

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to th