When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do politicians do it at all?

Every president has mentioned God in one way or another in Inaugural Addresses, including President Trump on Monday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Right Rev. Mariann Budde made headlines this week after she angered President Donald Trump with her sermon during an inaugural prayer service. It was not the first time the ...

According to the White House Historical Association, George Washington began the tradition ... of office on a law book instead of the Bible during his inauguration in 1825. In a diary entry ...

including George H.W. Bush, Warren G. Harding, Jimmy Carter, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Each swore on the same Bible Washington used. On Monday, President Trump used the same Bibles from his ...

WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump’s inauguration had to be moved indoors ... Trump didn’t place his hand on a bible or the US Constitution as he took the presidential oath — either ...

According to the White House Historical Association, George Washington began the tradition In 1789 ... John Quincy Adams took the oath of office on a law book instead of the Bible during his ...