Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office ...

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

According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a hand on ...

President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. He’s not the first ...

During his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump appeared to forget to put his hand on the Bibles he brought for the ...

During the swearing-in, Donald Trump raised his right hand and placed his left hand on the Bible. He then took the oath of ...

It was important in Cold War America to prove that it was a Christian nation, so a new story was added to the American ...

During the oath-taking ceremony, First Lady Melania Trump stood next to Trump with two Bibles in her hands. However, while ...

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

As Trump recited the Oath of Office, he never lifted his left hand to place it upon the Bibles. Was it a mistake?

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back ... John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, placed his hand on a book of law. Lyndon B. Johnson, aboard Air Force One after ...