Donald J. Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States Monday, promising to reverse what he ...

Administering the oath was Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who counted second lady Usha Vance among his employees when ...

(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on ...

President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. He’s not the first ...

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally reads the oath of office to the incoming president, but the vice president has more flexibility.

This was the context for Griswold’s story that Washington added “so help me God” as he took the oath of office. And it helps explain why that story won immediate and widespread acceptance.

On Jan. 6, Fanone was dragged into the crowd at the mouth of the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace Tunnel — the corridor presidents typically traverse before taking the oath of office — where he ...

But in one place the drafters of the Constitution wrote word for word what governance would look like under the newly constituted United States: the president’s oath of office. “I do solemnly ...

One of the executive orders, which will target birthright citizenship, is sure to spark a legal battle over the 14th Amendment.

and Trump will become president once he takes the oath of office. The date and time of the ceremony are spelled out in the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. The ceremony always takes place on ...

According to Merriam-Webster, an oath of office is defined as “an official promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law.” ...