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

Presidents can choose another book, for example, John Quincy Adams swore the Oath of Office with his hand on a law book. When Donald Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time to become the ...

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have ...

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.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of ...

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 ...

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration raised eyebrows when he took the oath of office without placing his hand on a Bible, a ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration ... The first was in 1825, when John Quincy Adams took his oath “while reading a volume of law,” according to the Joint ...