No, states are not required to follow White House order to fly flags at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter.

An Ames couple had an epic invitation to have lunch with Pres. Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Here's their story about it.

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a preemptive strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities to destroy their capabilities.