President of the United States

While all three forms of directives have the power of the executive branch, their differences are subtle and subjective and the U.S. constitution doesn’t contain any provisions referring to these terms or spell out how to use them.

Joe Biden has sworn the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.” History was made at his side, as Kamala Harris became the first woman to be vice president.

For over 75 years, U.S. presidents and first families have taken part in a long-honored tradition of going by nicknames symbolic of their personalities or legacies.

President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th commander-in-chief Wednesday. Here are some of the key moments from the inaugural ceremony.

The inauguration has been a key event at the start of each presidency since George Washington took the first oath of office in 1789. Certain features have remained fairly constant over the years, including the oath and the inaugural address. Other aspects, such as the date, have changed. The event has grown and evolved with the times, and there have...

Watch presidents of the United States take the oath of office on their Inauguration Days through the years.

On the Today Show Jenna Bush Hagar recalls the letter George H.W. Bush wrote to his successor, Bill Clinton, in 1993 after it was shared widely on social media

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., wishes President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump well after both tested positive for the coronavirus. Swalwell also said in an interview on MSNBC that he believes we are in an “avoidable national security crisis”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with reporters after President Donald Trump announced he had tested positive for coronavirus. 

President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was “anticipating a very busy 2020”...

A State Department official told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with a U.S. ambassador about “investigations” in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the testimony. David Holmes, the political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, said Trump was talking so loudly that Ambassador Gordon Sondland had to hold the phone from his ear. Holmes...

NBC 7’s Alex Presha has all the details from the ambassadors’ testimony.

When DACA came to life in 2012, there was a sigh of relief from certain undocumented people brought to the United States when they were children.

NBC 7’s Danny Freeman speaks with a legal analyst to better understand how we got to this point.

House Democrats are marching forward with their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, with more depositions coming this week. Democrats are moving quickly to interview key witnesses and lock down information as they explore the question of whether the president compromised national security or abused his office by seeking dirt on a political rival from a foreign country. The probe...

Visiting a black church bombed by the Ku Klux Klan during the civil rights era, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden framed current racial tensions as part of an enduring struggle that is older than the nation. “In a centuries long campaign of violence, fear, trauma, brought upon black people in this country, the domestic terrorism of white supremacy has been...

A pair of Democratic presidential candidates blasted President Donald Trump as racist on Tuesday, adding to a growing debate among the White House hopefuls over how far to go in criticizing the president. In a statement to The Associated Press, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar directly called Trump a racist. “His policies on issues like voting rights and his rhetoric, including...

Aiming to play the traditional role of healer during national tragedy, President Donald Trump paid visits Wednesday to cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens more wounded. But his divisive words preceded him, large protests greeted him and biting political attacks soon followed. The president and first lady Melania Trump flew to El Paso late in...

When President Donald Trump took the stage Tuesday at the Teen Action Summit in Washington, D.C., an image of what appeared to be the presidential seal was projected on the screen behind him. But, upon closer inspection, many noted that the bald eagle on the seal was doctored and bore a striking resemblance to the one on Russia’s coat of...

A judge Monday refused to dismiss federal corruption charges against U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter or move the trial outside his Southern California district, saying he found no evidence that the Republican lawmaker cannot get a fair trial here.