In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn ...

Churchill once implied that history would be kind to him because “I propose to write that history myself.” As we know from ...

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

Wander through the corridors of the White House, as Trump will soon do, and you might hear the presidential portraits on its ...

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the ...

Before Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in 2021, Donald J. Trump held the record for the country’s oldest commander in chief. He ...

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...

The president-elect promises to rule with robber baron tactics and imperial belligerence—just like his role model, William ...

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. On his first day in the White House, he ...