Sunlight is pouring over the entire world,” the newly sworn-in president told America, as former presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama, and Biden looked on, without clapping.

the Trump Organization released an ethics plan for the company as Donald Trump nears his return to the presidency, with the president-elect not being involved in day-to-day operations of the ...

President Trump's made-for-TV inauguration gave a taste of a blossoming new Gilded Age in Washington. Why it matters: In a town whose residents overwhelmingly voted against Trump, the new Beltway elites are ensconcing themselves in their Cybertrucks, parties with the 1% and an expanding portfolio of extravagant restaurants and clubs.

Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States in one of the most remarkable political comebacks in U.S. history.

Two weeks later, Trump left office disgraced and impeached. For a while, he seemed likelier to be imprisoned than restored to power. The next four years brought investigations and indictments, a felony conviction,

In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, a second Trump presidency seemed out of the question to many. Then came a series of events detailed in a video drawn from the documentary “Trump’s Comeback.

A New York Times photographer followed President Trump for more than 18 hours on Inauguration Day. Here’s what he saw.

Thousands of MAGA supporters poured into the Capital One Arena as the new Administration took shape in ballrooms across the city.

In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn American myths, tropes and ideals. His new “Golden Age” was brimming with the stories that shaped the nation’s history.

Donald Trump takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump look on during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

One of the measures he had telegraphed throughout the campaign was that on “day one”, he would “launch the largest deportation program in American history”. He also announced his intention to end “birthright citizenship”, pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement (again), and impose a tranche of tariffs.

This is not to say Trump’s first term was illegitimate. Eight years ago, he was seen, at best as a novelty, more often as an interloper. The start then was surreal and Trump's term was seen as a brief interregnum from sanity. That sense has given way to one of authority today.