With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.
The former congressman was the focus of a House Ethics panel report accusing him of “regularly” paying for sex and using drugs, which helped doom his short-lived nomination for attorney general.
Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president Monday—with every living former president, billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Carrie Underwood, the Village People and several foreign leaders getting invitations.
President-elect Donald Trump will hold a rally in Washington on Sunday, one day before his inauguration inside the Capitol rotunda. Follow for live updates on the final day of the presidential transition.
The pageantry and celebration surrounding Trump's inauguration began over the weekend and will ramp up Monday as the president-elect takes the oath of office.
The inauguration marks the official transfer of presidential power, with the executive branch changing hands from the Biden administration to the Trump administration. The 20th Amendment states that a president's four-year term ends at noon on Jan. 20, and the president-elect is sworn in shortly after.
At first glance, the recent presidential election appears to have afforded President-Elect Donald Trump an iron grasp on power. He won the popular vote, the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004;
Undaunted, the weekend before Christmas, Trump throws a fresh stunner into the headlines. He declares he wants the US to retake the Panama Canal, which President Jimmy Carter put under the control of Panama in a 1977 deal that guaranteed neutral, international access to the waterway.
Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president next week—with every living former president, billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Carrie Underwood, the Village People and several foreign leaders getting invitations.
President-elect Donald Trump will soon take the oath of office once again. Here's where you can watch it, and other political commentary leading up to it.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh will administer the oath of office to Vice President-elect JD Vance. Trump tapped Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court in 2018. Vance will be sworn in first.
Inauguration day is meant to be a symbol of unity, even after the most bruising of presidential campaigns. It's the performance of a Constitutionally mandated ritual.