We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...

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His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

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CNN will be providing live coverage of Donald Trump’s second inauguration throughout Monday. Special live coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET and carries on through the ceremony, oath of office and inaugural ...

Prior to this, both presidents and their spouses attend a tea party at the White House, a custom started in 1837 by Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson. However, Trump broke this tradition in 2021 ...

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 ...

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