Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.

The Washington region should brace for dangerously cold weather on Monday when Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds,

America made its history as the first Black person, Barack Obama, was sworn in as the 44th president of the country. In front of record-breaking crowds, the young senator became the commander-in-chief of the United States,

On Monday, freezing temperatures in Washington D.C. prompted organizers to move President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda for the first time since 1985.

In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the United States' 44th president and the nation's first Black chief executive. In 2010, senior Hamas Commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated in his hotel room while on a visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That’s what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold his second inauguration indoors because of an unusually cold weather forecast.

It will be the coldest Inauguration Day since former President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985, when the noon temperature was 7 degrees.

Washington, D.C., will experience a high of 21 degrees and a low of 11 degrees around noon when the inauguration is set to begin.

The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.

President-elect Donald Trump's decision to move his inauguration ceremony indoors because of cold weather has prompted comparisons to similarly cold weather during President Barack Obama's 2008 ...

Chilly temperatures pushed President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration indoors, a rare but not unprecedented move.

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration. Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations.