President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

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

“He is a really good shooter and he’s shooting with a lot of confidence. The kids want him to shoot the ball, so if you’re a shooter and you know your teammates want you to shoot ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... to setting forth political principles. The political history collections at the National Museum of American ...

Free is good. Guess what American city has more than 100 free world-class activities, including museums – more than any other ...

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

Mr. Vance, 40, by contrast, has become the third-youngest vice president in history. Former Vice President ... hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Mr. Trump ...

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.

The first, Grover Cleveland, is descended from a man who was reputedly kidnapped from the Channel Islands of Guernsey as a ...

Even presidents who are reelected swear the oath of office again at the beginning of each four-year term—a tradition that started with the country’s first president, George Washington ...

WASHINGTON — After the violent tumult of ... to be defeated for reelection and then win another term. He also made history as the first convicted felon to be elected president.