With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.
On Sunday, he will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and then hold a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital.
Photographer Mark Peterson captures the first formal D.C. events celebrating Trump’s return to the White House.
Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.
Donald Trump is returning to Washington to kick off days of pageantry to herald his second inauguration as president.
The president-elect will host a party at his golf club in Virginia on Saturday, kicking off four days of celebrations.
The pageantry and parties surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration kick off this weekend with fireworks and a rally before Monday’s Inauguration Day ceremony, parade and balls.
Trump’s numbers largely indicate that Americans are split on his incoming presidency. Indeed, according to the CNN /SSRS poll, only 37 percent of Americans say they feel more confident in Trump’s ability to serve as president at the end of the transition period, while 53 percent say they have less confidence in him.
At first glance, the recent presidential election appears to have afforded President-Elect Donald Trump an iron grasp on power. He won the popular vote, the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004;
Undaunted, the weekend before Christmas, Trump throws a fresh stunner into the headlines. He declares he wants the US to retake the Panama Canal, which President Jimmy Carter put under the control of Panama in a 1977 deal that guaranteed neutral, international access to the waterway.
For the first time in 40 years, the swearing-in of an American president won’t take place on the Capitol steps.