The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It’s a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

Executive actions by presidents have to be grounded in defensible legal authority and process. Just because Donald Trump says he can do something doesn’t mean he can.

Who’s gotten the most votes ever? As the 2024 election is certified, here’s a look at how the final totals for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris compare to previous candidates.

The only two candidates in modern U.S. history to win the popular vote but lose the White House were Democrats Hillary Clinton (2016) and Al Gore (2000). WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s individual ... from The American Presidency Project ...

Melania Trump attended Jimmy Carter’s funeral with her husband, Donald Trump, wearing a black Valentino trench coat dress. The dramatic collar, featuring a couple kissing, sparked mixed reactions.

The president-elect sat in the row directly ahead of Mike Pence, who was once the target of a violent mob bent on keeping Trump in power.

It is unusual for five current and former presidents to gather at the same event, but when it happens, it is often at a funeral.

A state funeral is a gathering of the Washington clans, a convocation of the very establishment that Trump has pledged to destroy in his second term. Carter was not a clubbable man and his self-conscious piety was sometimes an irritant for his successors. He was the uneasiest member of the ex-president’s club apart from Trump.

Pictures shared on social media by the vice president and by the Carter Center prominently showed other past presidents in attendance.

The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.

There’s not only one Donald Trump or Bill Clinton in the U.S. What's it like to share a presidential name? Ask Abraham Lincoln or Grover Cleveland.