President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only ...

From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.

President Trump decorated the Oval Office with a collage of family photos and other personal effects that were on full ...

Despite social media attention, the Constitution protects freedom of religion. So putting a hand on a Bible, or even using ...

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration on March 4, 1801, marked the first time a president was sworn in at the newly established ...

WASHINGTON - There’s no place like home. And for US President Donald Trump, home is back in the White House after four ...

After Joe Biden took office in 2021, reports emerged that he had removed the Diet Coke button from the presidential desk.

He saluted the bravery of service members in the nation’s wars and bowed to the presidencies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Once president, Reagan initially ...

Roosevelt's portrait hangs over the Oval Office fireplace with paintings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Their achievements, triumphs and public words are the kind most ...

Top members of the three branches of government will come together in a rare display of national unity and tradition when the presidential and vice-presidential oaths of office are delivered at Monday ...