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A president’s inauguration is a historic day, where scores of Americans travel across the country to see their new president get sworn in and give their first speech as commander in chief.

Residents across the country, from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine, are bracing for dangerously low temperatures Monday as tens of millions along the East Coast contend with a blanket of snow. Most of Sunday’s snow fell in the later afternoon hours and after dark, as temperatures fell below freezing. Here’s a look at the accumul...

“Hail to the Chief” will be used to welcome President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House after he takes his oath of office.

TikTok said Sunday that it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before.

It comes days after President-elect Donald Trump launched his own meme coin, “Official Trump.”

For the second time in less than two weeks, Americans watching a major national event attended by all the living former presidents and their spouses watched Barack Obama enter a room alone. Michelle Obama’s team had already announced her expectation to miss the Jan. 20 event. They didn’t provide more clarity. She missed Jimmy Carter&#82...

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at Monday’s inauguration, at which Carrie Underwood will also perform “America the Beautiful.” Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations, in chronological order from the 60s: John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Mar...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who had planned to attend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, made a last-minute change to his schedule to travel to Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Most Americans are probably familiar with the pomp and circumstance of the swearing-in ceremony and presidential parade of a inauguration, but there is a full day of events for the new president and vice president and their families. The president-elect is scheduled to first start the day with a church service near the White House and a tea before ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. is a federal holiday marked every year on the third Monday in January. The holiday will fall on Jan. 20 in 2025 and the United States Postal Service will be closed.

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to take the oath of office in a few hours inside the Capitol Rotunda, becoming the 47th president of the United States as he begins his second term. The inauguration’s swearing-in ceremony was originally scheduled for the west front of the U.S. Capitol but was moved inside because of the below-freezin...

You’ll need a minimum of $2 million to cover the basic costs of retirement in Hawaii, the highest of all states.

Police in New York City have arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a pioneering rock musician in the Bronx.