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From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.

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Trump’s inaugural committee announced that the Republican firebrand will be using the same two bibles he used when he took ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists David Brooks, Ross ...

The first English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in ...

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a ...

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