George Will, an anti-Trump columnist for The Washington Post, wrote a scathing assessment of President Biden's actions as president as he prepares to leave office.
1789 — A presidential inauguration has taken place every four years since George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789. He established the tradition for a two term limit and Thomas Jefferson institutionalized it. This tradition was followed by subsequent presidents until President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times.
WASHINGTON (7News) — President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance will start their day at St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square on Monday. This is a tradition many presidents have taken part in including former President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush.
But let’s not forget the great US President Abraham Lincoln (16th,1861-1865), who championed the Telegraph during the American Civil War against slavery, making him the first president to embrace wired messaging technology, although the portable device had been around for almost two decades.
Trump is kicking off his second term with a flurry of executive actions. Here's a look at the three main types — orders, proclamations and memorandums — and how they typically work.
Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The ceremony was moved indoors to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda due to winter weather conditions. It was the
Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat tradition? Here are some tidbits you might not know about Inauguration Day.
Since the office was established in 1789, there have been 47 presidencies, with 45 individuals holding the position of president.
Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861. Bettmann/Getty Images Claire Jerry, Smithsonian Institution The only constitutionally mandated
In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the United States' 44th president and the nation's first Black chief executive. In 2010, senior Hamas Commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated in his hotel room while on a visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump enters his second presidency, as he did his first, pledging to wield executive power in novel and aggressive ways. This is neither new nor necessarily bad. “Presidents who go down in the history books as ‘great’ are those who reach for power, who assert their authority to the limit,” the presidential scholar Richard Pious noted.