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.
Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan at the Republican's inauguration. Richard Nixon clasped John F.
Republicans pride themselves as champions of law and order. How can members of the New Jersey GOP accept Trump's Jan. 6 pardons?
US President Joe Biden has often been photographed enjoying a vanilla ice cream cone, former president Ronald Reagan liked jelly beans and John F Kennedy loved clam chowder. As president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches,
Did Donald Trump win the 2024 election by the widest margin of any Republican president in history? According to a recent X post by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, yes, he did.
Moscow was told to "stop this ridiculous war" or face increased sanctions. The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.
President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration. Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at his second inauguration. From Marian Anderson to Lady Gaga, discover the musical history of US presidential inaugurations.
Nixon would have to wait eight years to be sworn in as president, while his losing Democratic opponent — outgoing Vice President Hubert Humphrey — looked on. He was inaugurated a second time after winning reelection in 1972, only to resign after the Watergate scandal.
Trump and Nixon are far from the only presidents to rake in money for inaugurations. Twelve years after Nixon's $4 million ceremony, Ronald Reagan set a record with a $20 million swearing-in that featured more elaborate celebrations, according to ethics watchdog Public Citizen.
The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.