George Washington delivered his first inaugural address before a joint session of Congress in New York City’s Federal Hall on April 30, 1789. Washington, stepping into the newly created role of ...

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933, the nation was reeling from the Great Depression and was dissatisfied with the previous administration’s reluctance to ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Abigail Spanberger exceeded high expectations with her inaugural address as Virginia's first female governor, delivering what one political analyst called an inspirational speech ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest inaugural ...

You've watched it, you've read it, you've analyzed it — everybody has. Now, compare the words Obama used in his speech today to other inaugural addresses. In this graphic from The Wall Street Journal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayor Zohran Mamdani will govern “expansively and audaciously,” he said — vowing to stick to his sweeping socialist agenda and ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to bring forth a “new era of politics” in his inaugural address, which did not name President Donald Trump and was interrupted by boos aimed at outgoing ...

President Donald Trump delivered his second Inauguration Day speech on Jan. 20, when he previewed the steps his administration would take to unleash "the golden age of America," which stretched from ...

All inaugural addresses are not created equal, but through the course of the nation’s history, presidents have used the occasion to sketch their visions on topics as old as the republic itself – unity ...