On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.

As millions watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, many noticed that he did not place his left hand on a Bible while being sworn in. Now people are questioning that gesture, and wondering if the president can be sworn in without using a Bible.

On a blustery March 4, 1841, on the East Portico of the Capitol, William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in history. Afterward, the new president, a former Army major general, rode back to the White House on horseback, without a hat or overcoat. Harrison died a month later, and his death has been long blamed on his inauguration.

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal book for his 1825 swearing-in, to signify his responsibility to uphold the U.S. constitutional law.

A variety of figures, ranging from former presidents to other world leaders, are expected to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

More than a dozen high-profile faces will be missing from the sea of spectators huddled in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president Monday—with every living former president, billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Carrie Underwood, the Village People and several foreign leaders getting invitations.

Eleanor Roosevelt posing in the Sally Milgrim gown that she wore to her husband Franklin’s second inaugural festivities in 1937.

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

Confluence of Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the honoring of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday prompts contemplation.

We offer eight tips to help you interrogate and contextualize President Trump's plan to close the U.S. Department of Education.

Carter’s admirable post-White House life, especially his Habitat for Humanity work, continually enhanced his personal reputation. But historians will nevertheless view his legacy unfavorably, especially those in the West.