Donald J. Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States Monday, promising to reverse what he referred to as the nation’s decline and vowing that he would usher in a new ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal ...