NEW YORK — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump's second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama's second ...

Trump’s spectacle draws on a long history of authoritarian leaders who use ritualized celebrations to bind personal power to national identity.

Tech leaders including Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are seated in front of Trump’s cabinet nominees on the chairs on the stage. In the crowd, lawmakers are taking selfies of themselves and ...