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26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” singling out his ca...
Several presidents have overseen major changes to the White House across two centuries: early construction and rebuilds (George Washington, James Madison), turn-of-the-century and early 20th-century a...
Photos and video from Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 inauguration show him reciting the oath with his right hand raised while his left hand remained at his side; Melania Trump held two Bibles nearby but...
President Donald Trump did not place his left hand on the Bibles held by First Lady Melania Trump while reciting the presidential oath at his January 20, 2025 inauguration, a detail captured in photos...
The East Wing was added to the White House complex in its modern form in 1942 as part of wartime expansion and to conceal and protect an emergency operations facility, and over the 20th and 21st centu...
Barack Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was unusually polarizing because it was awarded early in a presidency while the United States remained at war, producing intense global attention and domestic ske...
President Donald Trump’s 2025 plan to construct a privately funded, roughly $200–$250 million ballroom and associated East Wing alterations is presented by multiple accounts as the most significant st...
Several presidents before Barack Obama altered the White House’s recreational footprint — from billiard rooms and bowling lanes to a therapeutic indoor pool and outdoor courts — reflecting changing pe...
The East Wing began as an 1902 addition and was substantially expanded in 1942 to house offices, the first lady’s suite, a family theater and the Presidential Emergency Operations Center; it was large...
Across historical tallies, U.S. presidents have most commonly been in their 50s at first inauguration: Statista reports the average age at first taking office as about 57 years (covering 1789–2025) an...
The 2010 renovations to the White House West and East Wings were part of a broader multi-year modernization and infrastructure program that Congress authorized earlier, with a West Wing project beginn...
Presidents have repeatedly altered the White House through construction, decoration, and major reconstructions, from Theodore Roosevelt’s modernization to Harry S. Truman’s near-total interior rebuild...
Yes—you can criticize the President in the United States, but that right is not absolute and has legal and social limits. The First Amendment protects political speech, including criticism of presiden...
The White House gained , initially to supply drinking water and reservoirs for fire protection, with a designated bathing room added in the east wing soon after; sources agree this was an early partia...
The most recent precedent for a complete, interior-gutting renovation of the White House comparable to President Trump’s current demolition of the East Wing was , when the residence’s interior was lar...
Ronald Reagan is widely regarded as one of the most influential modern presidents, but calling him unequivocally “the best” is not supported as an objective fact; rankings and public opinion polls pla...
The reporting shows there is no definitive, published “top 5” ranking of presidents by total spending on White House renovations; available accounts list major projects but , making direct comparisons...
The historical record shows that no single U.S. president clearly stands apart as the undisputed target of the most assassination attempts; instead, , with four presidents killed in office (Abraham Li...
The West Wing of the White House was originally built to provide , a role that expanded significantly under Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s when the wing was enlarged and the Oval Office moved to i...
A small set of U.S. presidents tested—or openly pursued—the idea of a third full presidential term before the 22nd Amendment made that prospect constitutionally unavailable; the clearest cases are Fra...