The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the nation’s next two aircraft carriers will be named after former presidents George W. Bush ... including Dwight D. Eisenhower and ...
How Donald Trump's presidential inauguration unfolded as he was sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.
Power players There is a new administration in Washington, D.C., with President Donald Trump taking office on January 20. The event got one outlet looking at the MLB diamonds throughout history, seeing which player hit the most home runs in the era of President Joe Biden and those who lived in the White House before him.
Despite social media attention, the Constitution protects freedom of religion. So putting a hand on a Bible, or even using one at all, isn't required.
The tradition of using a Bible during the swearing-in goes back to the very first inauguration, but not all Presidents have used one.
Nixon would have to wait eight years to be sworn in as president, while his losing Democratic opponent — outgoing Vice President Hubert Humphrey — looked on. He was inaugurated a second time after winning reelection in 1972, only to resign after the Watergate scandal.
Donald Trump will place his hand on two Bibles during the swearing-in ceremony: the Lincoln Bible from 1861 and one gifted by his mother in 1955. The Lincoln Bible has been used three times since, by President Barack Obama at each of his inaugurations and by Donald Trump in 2017.
Revisiting Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 inauguration, from the vantage point of George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration.
Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal book for his 1825 swearing-in, to signify his responsibility to uphold the U.S. constitutional law.
This week’s White House Report Card finds the nation preparing to come out of Joe Biden’s dark presidency to the historic return of President-elect Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump will