On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

That's the fewest of any chief executive since George ... compared to modern-day sentences, USA TODAY reported. That's the largest number of commuted sentences issued by a president.

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

The first, Grover Cleveland, is descended from a man who was reputedly kidnapped from the Channel Islands of Guernsey as a ...

Leading up to George Washington’s first ... Despite the opposition, Washington recited the 35-word oath of office, with every American president following suit. While many aspects of the day’s events ...

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America in an event full of pomp and pageantry.

For a limited time, George Washington ... are closely parsed, the president-elect today is expected to wear an unfussy overcoat — a must for a January day in Washington — and, beneath ...