History records that in 1801 when Thomas Jefferson took the oath of office as the nation's third president, he strolled over from a boardinghouse to an unfinished Capitol building. ...more

January 20, 2009

Inaugurations that loom large in history are seen differently at the time. ...more

January 18, 2009

Ken Lucci still gets a kick out of sitting in the same Cadillac stretch limousine where President Ronald Reagan used to sit. ...more

January 17, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exiting the White House after two turbulent terms, President George W. Bush on Thursday said goodbye to the nation by calling the start of Barack Obama's presidency a "moment of hope and pride for our whole nation." ...more

January 15, 2009

Martin Van Buren was the first President who was not born a British subject. Woodrow Wilson's inauguration March 4, 1917 and March 5, 1917 was the first that women participated in the inaugural parade. ...more

January 2, 2009

In the 1980s, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, Director of Central Intelligence William Casey, Secretary of the Treasury James Baker and Vice President George H. W. Bush all happened to converge where Teresa Imelda O'Gara was standing. ...more

December 10, 2008

Twelve years after pleading guilty to federal charges in the deaths of three bald eagles, Collier learned his name was cleared: He was pardoned by President George W. Bush. ...more

November 30, 2008

MTV is throwing an inaugural ball for President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

November 26, 2008

-WASHINGTON - Managing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has left Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson little time to sleep, let alone fly across the country to speak at fundraisers. ...more

November 21, 2008

David Rawson of Palm Harbor says John McCain would have won the presidency if he were as smooth as Ronald Reagan. ...more

November 15, 2008