According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a 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 ...

But it emphasizes that while the Constitution and other laws define the words of the oath of office, no specific book or document actually is required to take it. It even suggests that “swearing ...

According to the Library of Congress, John Quincy Adams took the oath of office on a law book instead of the Bible during his inauguration in 1825. In a diary entry he explained that the gesture ...

Ed Martin — acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C — filed a motion to dismiss the judge’s terms, arguing that Trump’s ...

The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a ...

Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

Kanye West is taking steps to handle various legal disputes after being accused of months of dragging his feet or blowing off ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is ...

JD Vance has officially been sworn in as 50th Vice President of the United States. Vance took the oath of office just a minute before noon Monday using a family Bible dating back to his ...

The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have ...