Trump has taken this oath formally twice, during his 2017 and 2025 inaugurations, as required in Article II. Indeed, the framers of the Constitution deemed the presidential oath to be so important ...

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Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (2L) administers the oath of office to U.S. President Donald Trump (L) as his wife Melania Trump holds the Bible and son Barron Trump looks on, on the West Front ...

According to Article VI, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, members of Congress, state legislatures, and executive and judicial officers are bound "by oath or affirmation" to support the Constitution.

The longstanding tradition of taking the presidential oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Mr. Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.

It is in the oath of office, which he has taken twice: "To preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." Presidents have always followed the Constitution, even if sometimes ...

Trump, 78, raised his right hand and took the oath of office using a Bible his mother gave him in 1955 that was stacked on a second Bible used by President Abraham Lincoln for his swearing-in in 1861.

Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as director of national intelligence on Wednesday in the Oval Office, hours after the Senate confirmed her. Attorney General Pam Bondi administered the oath of office to ...

Author: Associated Press, TEGNA Digital Published: 10:29 AM PST ... President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as president, Jan. 20, 2025.

THOMASVILLE—On Monday, December 30, 2024, a historic oath of office was held at the plaza of the 1858 courthouse, as Sheriff-elect Tim Watkins became the first African American and Republican ...

Trump became president moments after Monday at noon Eastern time, taking the oath read by Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump was joined by his wife Melania Trump who was holding both a family bible ...