Inaugurations
South Korea Inaugurates Yoon Suk-yeol as President
SEOUL — Yoon Suk-yeol, the new president of South Korea, was sworn into office in Seoul on Tuesday, using his inaugural speech to make promises to heal political and economic divides at home, to fight for international norms and to offer an ambitious package of economic incentives to North Korea. Mr. Yoon is taking office […]
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Trump Settles Suit Over Payments to Hotel for 2017 Inauguration
WASHINGTON — The Trump family business and President Donald J. Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee have jointly agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the attorney general for the District of Columbia, who claimed that the Trump International Hotel in Washington illegally received excessive payments from the inauguration committee. The settlement in the […]
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Amanda Gorman: Why I Almost Didn’t Read My Poem at the Inauguration
It’s told like this: Amanda Gorman performed at the inauguration, and the rest is history. The truth is I almost declined to be the inaugural poet. Why? I was terrified. I was scared of failing my people, my poetry. But I was also terrified on a physical level. Covid was still raging, and my age […]
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