Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2013
Barack Obama, the nation's 44th president, was ceremonially sworn in for his second term Monday. Here is the entire text of the inaugural address that the president delivered at the Capitol. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 21, 2013
For the second time in as many inaugurations, the president flubbed the oath (albeit just slightly this time), getting tripped up over--of all portions--the "office of the President of the United States" part. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 21, 2013
The rapper took to the stage at the StartUp RockOn concert in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night and proceeded to sing his anti-war song, "Words I Never Said" -- which includes lyrics such as "Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit / That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either" --for roughly 30 minutes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 21, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including sore loser Rick Santorum's tough talk for the president and why the Republicans' debt ceiling proposal may be a constitutional fail. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 11, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including CNN interrupting Joe Biden's gun control presentation to report on another school shooting and a heated on-air argument between MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 2, 2011
Brazil’s first female president has finally been sworn into office. Dilma Rousseff, a protégé of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, promised to protect the most vulnerable of Brazilian society in her inaugural speech Saturday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 12, 2010
Chile's new president, conservative billionaire Sebastian Piñera, came in with a bang and a tsunami warning on Thursday. Just minutes before his swearing-in ceremony, a 6.9-magnitude aftershock rattled Chileans, still shaken from last month's giant quake, and cut Piñera's inaugural festivities short. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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