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

While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald Trump on Monday, continuing a two-century-old tradition.

Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, ...

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...

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

What would George Washington or Thomas Jefferson have made of social media? The question has occurred to Jeffrey Rosen because he believes that with the advent of these new communications technologies ...

The Kentucky Republican has, after all, been caught pushing fake quotes from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Paul, however, is not without ...

Trump comes to office at a moment of deep division and great challenge, somewhat akin to the circumstances that confronted Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln when they assumed the reins of the ...

The Trump Organization issued an ethics agreement that it said would govern how the family and President-elect Donald J.

The U.S. Constitution requires every president-elect to swear the Oath of Office—and that’s about it. “I do solemnly swear ...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state ...