DONALD Trump has spoken out about his surprising bromance with former president Barack Obama after the pair cracked jokes at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. The 44th and 45th presidents were seen

Ford said he and Carter agreed the US should more directly take on “the Palestinian issue” in order to work toward lasting peace in the Middle East. That ruffled feathers in Washington, according to Ford’s remarks, written so many years ago. It also feels today like a warning that was not sufficiently heeded by the US government.

A state funeral is a gathering of the Washington clans, a convocation of the very establishment that Trump has pledged to destroy in his second term. Carter was not a clubbable man and his self-conscious piety was sometimes an irritant for his successors. He was the uneasiest member of the ex-president’s club apart from Trump.

and folks could not get enough of the moment he shared with Barack Obama. As he entered the cathedral for the services, Bush—who was joined by wife Laura Bush—went to take his seat next to ...

Former President Barack Obama ... the promise. Ford died in December 2006, and Carter did speak at his predecessor’s funeral in January 2007. Ford’s son, the actor Steven Ford, delivered ...

President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former presidents and other dignitaries came together Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months in hospice care.

Carter was celebrated for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry he typically eschewed.

Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in Washington, it was his wish to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

Barack Obama and Donald Trump ... In a way, former President Gerald Ford was there, too: Ford’s son Steven read a eulogy for Carter that Ford had written before he died in 2006. Busy with personal pursuits, charitable endeavors and sometimes lucrative ...

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ousted from the presidency in a bitter 1976 race but went on to befriend in the kind of Washington relationship that now seems like a relic of a bygone era.

The official state funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter was held at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Follow here for the latest live news updates.