Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to ... 

Crowded subway stations and a disabled train caused major headaches Monday for thousands of rail riders trying to get home from President Barack ... 

Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black ... 

That's how it goes with kids. You hardly notice how fast they're growing up, then suddenly big sis is nearly as tall as Mom and the little one is a ... 

A wistful moment for President Barack Obama came shortly after his public swearing-in ceremony. As he began walking off the inaugural platform to go ... 

Quotes on Inauguration Day: ___ "Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." —President Barack ... 

President Barack Obama appealed for "one nation and one people" in his second inaugural address. Any notion that the country's bitter partisanship ... 

President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday emerged twice from their limousine to respond to wildly cheering crowds along the ... 

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are congratulating President Barack Obama as he begins his second term. The 88-year-old ... 

President Barack Obama never mentioned the words Democrat or Republican, yet his second inaugural address was a decidedly political speech. 

Minutes after his inauguration speech Monday, President Barack Obama signed documents officially submitting top administration nominations to the ... 

The second inauguration of President Barack Obama gave television networks a chance to bask in the majesty of a Washington event that unites Americans ... 

While most Americans caught distant glimpses of President Barack Obama's second inauguration festivities from their living room TVs and on the ... 

Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, ... 

They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of ... 

President Barack Obama took the ceremonial oath of office for four more years on a chilly day under overcast skies. But temperatures will surely rise ... 

Miss America Mallory Hagan says she made it to the inauguration on Monday despite the chilly weather. In an interview Saturday, Hagan had said she ... 

Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address, as provided by the White House: __ Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United ... 

President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay-rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key ... 

President Barack Obama says "we must act" even if our work is imperfect. He says we cannot afford to delay. In a message that could be aimed at the ... 

Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots. 

President Barack Obama is promising to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in ... 

Sen. Charles Schumer is opening the 57th inaugural ceremonies by invoking the innate majesty and sacred meaning of the proceedings. The duty falls to ... 

Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter joined lawmakers and other dignitaries at the Capitol for President Barack Obama's ceremonial ...