Crews Lift Wreckage From D.C. Plane Crash Out of Potomac

Salvage crews lifted the first wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 from the Potomac River on Monday, the start of an operation that was expected to take three days. The…

Shortly Before Fatal Crash, Jet Pilot Was Asked to Change Runways

Shortly before an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night, the plane’s pilots were asked to pivot its landing route from…

First Lady Fashion at Inaugurations, in Photos

For the most part, presidential inaugurations are moments of communal pageantry. There is music and poetry. There are oaths to recite and vows to make. Everyone smiles for the cameras,…

Trump’s Inauguration Day is Likely One of the Coldest in Decades

It was 48 degrees at noon on Jan. 20, 2017, when Donald J. Trump was first sworn in as president at the Capitol. This time around, with a forecast high…