Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with ...

This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20, along with the inauguration of president ... Just four days after King's death, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mi., introduced legislation ...

U.S. Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, one of the longest-serving members of Congress known for his liberal stance on civil rights, proposed legislation to recognize King four days after ...

Late-night hosts had plenty of jokes after President Donald Trump was officially sworn in Monday for his second term.

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just ...

The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S.

Only Presidents Ronald Reagan – for his second inaugural – and John F. Kennedy had their oath of office administered indoors in the contemporary era. Ford and his regular colleagues will host ...

It’s an Inauguration Day tradition in the nation ... will gather inside St. John’s Episcopal Church for a brief, solemn and traditional prayer service before the rest of the pomp and ...

In keeping with tradition, it will be administered by the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts. The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inauguration, when 1.77 inches of rain fell. Snowiest: 1961. Eight inches of snow fell the night before John F. Kennedy was sworn in.