President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former presidents and other dignitaries came together Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
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On January 9, our 39th President, Jimmy Carter, laid in state at our nation’s Capitol. We honored and celebrated his life and legacy.
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.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
The entire "Presidents Club" will be at a U.S. inauguration for the first time since President Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan January 6 th committee, and members of his own family, which Biden said was necessary to prevent retribution from President-elect Donald Trump.
The entire "Presidents Club" will be at a U.S. inauguration for the first time since President Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
Ahead of entering the rotunda, a Washington Post correspondent shared a video of former President Obama and Bush joking with each other. As they lined up for their entrance, a Washington staffer asked Bush, jokingly, if he was going to behave. Obama, who was right behind George Bush in line, answered for him sarcastically, saying. “Nope.”
How Donald Trump's presidential inauguration unfolded as he was sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.
Michelle Obama was the only spouse absent from the service last week at Washington National Cathedral, where her husband and Trump were seated next to each other and chatted and laughed like old friends despite the history of political animosity between the Democratic former president and the returning Republican.
Michelle Obama is set to miss Donald Trump ’s inauguration ceremony on Monday but has not given a reason for her absence. Her husband, Barack Obama, is expected to line up alongside other former presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Joe Biden and all of their wives – including Hillary Clinton.