George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter, and the internet was obsessed with the viral moment.

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.

The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and

Two new U.S. aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, President Joe Biden announced Monday.

This post has been updated with additional details from the Navy. President Joe Biden said that the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named after former presidents Bill Clinton and George W.

The next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, per an announcement from President Biden.

Presidential scholars say it's not worth it for Bush to get involved in public spats with Trump and say it will only hurt him in the history books.

With integrity. With character. As charming as the recollections offered by Carter’s two grandsons were, the most moving eulogy came from a one-time bitter rival of the former president. Carter, a Democrat, and Gerald Ford, a Republican, jousted in the 1976 presidential election, neither man giving nor asking for quarter in the contest.

She then recalled how her father gave former President Barack Obama a friendly tap on his stomach at former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral service on Jan. 9, a moment that has since gone viral. Jenna noted that the "man tap" her father gave Obama was too much to handle.

Character, my grandfather once instructed me, often doesn't reveal itself in triumph. Most people, he said, will do the right thing when things are going their way, and doing the right thing won't cost them anything.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hailed the announcement, saying the ships "will serve as lasting tributes to each leader's legacy in service of the United States."