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

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

That's what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and ...

In the 40 years leading up to Trump’s first election victory, real hourly wages for Americans without college degrees — 64 percent of the population — actually shrank. Wages for workers with high ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor.

Days before bitter cold descends on the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has a problem with its heating system in the terminal.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That’s what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold ...

Trump's Inauguration Day is expected to be the coldest swearing-in of a president since former President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration. President-elect Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona ...

Trump’s role in securing their release before even entering office drew parallels to Iran’s release of hostages minutes after the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20 ...

President-elect Trump, who takes office Monday, will see his swearing-in ceremony in Washington hit by freezing temperatures and winds of up to 30 miles per hour ...

With the temperature in Washington DC plummeting to –14C (7F) with a biting wind, Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in January 1985 was forced inside. In fact, there were two ceremonies.