ask the audience to ‘gaze upon’ traditional values…” In his 1801 inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson declared, “But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by ...

Columnist David Adler discusses the road less traveled taken by President Donald Trump in his Inauguration Day speech.

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

Opinion: Take a walk down memory lane with me as I recount the early excitement and adventure of living and working in the nation's capital.

Nixon in 1973 spent less than $4 million on his inauguration. Carter in 1977 spent $3.5 million. Thomas Jefferson in 1801 simply walked to the Capitol to be sworn in and then walked home.

This morning, I read President Thomas Jefferson’s first and second inaugural addresses (1801, 1805), President Andrew Jackson’s first inaugural (1829) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ...

inauguration in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda ... At least, this is what past presidents have believed. Thomas Jefferson said as much in 1801. “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of ...

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn into office today amid heightened security measures in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural in 1801 may have been the most explicit: “We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” ...

Due to freezing temps Trump’s inauguration took place at noon ... He pointed out that paintings of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were placed above and next to the fireplace without ...

Once the ink dried on Thomas Jefferson’s timeless manifesto, despots who ignored the providential source of liberty would do so at their own peril: The tyrant’s true foe was God. Echoes of that ...

Trump on Inauguration Day also had staffers give the Oval Office where he will work for the next four years a major facelift. The Wall Street Journal was given access to his redecorated workspace ...