Joe Biden's Farewell Address Felt Like an Elegy for Democracy As We Know It
The president's remarks about the “magic of America” were overshadowed by the looming threat of Donald Trump, even as Biden ...
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A Brief History of Presidential Inaugural Speeches
The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...
Full Transcript of President Biden’s Farewell Address
The president delivered the 17-minute speech from the Oval Office in the White House. President Biden delivered a 17-minute farewell address to the United States on Wednesday. Below is a full ...
Faith: We are better when we all dance together
The show culminated with a song in the round, the children spread throughout the entire auditorium singing: “Round and round ...
This is why we have a presidential oath
The Constitution is remarkably nonspecific on most things, and deliberately so. John Marshall famously wrote that the ...
The pomp, pageantry and circumstance of presidential inaugurations in the words of AP reporters
Presidential inaugurations are deeply rooted in American history. The customs and festivities bring spectacle to the nation’s ...