At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially accepting ...

Donald Trump solemnly swore that he would, to the best of his ability, “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Immediately afterwards, he began ...

Outside the sky was bright blue with sunshine and the air a brisk 20 degrees. Inside the South Dakota Capitol, hundreds of people dressed in their Saturday best filled the rotunda to witness the ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office in January. Is that a requirement?

(Morry Gash – Pool/Getty Images) The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that a president-to-be place his or her hand on a Bible when taking the Oath, because each president who recites this ...

Video and photos show that Trump recited the oath from Roberts without placing his hand on the Lincoln Bible, first used to swear in the 16th U.S. president, and a Bible his mother gave him in 1955.

Trump had chosen the Bible the 16th President Abraham ... US President Donald Trump took his oath of office on Monday with his right hand raised, but without placing his left hand on the two ...

On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump took the oath as the 47th President of the United States of America. However, the Republican leader notably did not place his hand on the Bible during the ...