George Washington is the only president of the United States whose inauguration took place in New York City, then the ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

Socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., becoming one of the most famous ...

With the latest presidential inauguration set to take place in Washington on Monday, Eyewitness News takes a look at where ...

With the latest presidential inauguration set to take place in Washington on Monday, Eyewitness News takes a look at where the first one took place: the heart of New York City, more than two centuries ...

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

Data show that recent presidents especially have started their terms with unifying language. Words like "together," "us," ...

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a ...

Revisiting Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 inauguration, from the vantage point of George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration.

The ceremony, which will be held inside the Capitol Rotunda because of the cold, will cap his remarkable return to the ...