POPULIST presidential candidate Donald J. Trump triumphed in the US elections in 2024. On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump returns to office, serving as the 47th President of the United States ...

The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration ...

Even if Johnson hadn't intervened, it wouldn't have been the first time flags were flown at half-staff during a presidential inauguration. In 1973, flags were at half-staff during Richard Nixon's ...

Most new presidents offer grace notes to the wider world. In his 1949 inaugural address, President Harry Truman offered a promise of significant material aid to a war-ravaged international community.

The president said Democrats were "all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my ...

Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.

Harry Truman became the first president to have his inauguration broadcast live that year. More than a decade later, John F. Kennedy had his address broadcast in color for the estimated 500,000 ...

Former President Richard Nixon's 1973 inauguration occurred within the 30-day mourning period that followed the death of President Harry Truman, leading the flags to be flown at half-staff.