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This Week in Explainers: How Donald Trump’s inauguration will be different from Biden’s, Obama’s

US presidents traditionally take the oath on the steps of the US Capitol. However, dangerously freezing temperatures have forced Donald Trump to move his inauguration indoors. We tell you all about the big day and more in our weekly roundup

Indian-American gets 8 years in prison for attempted White House attack: Who is he? How did he plan it?

Indian-origin Sai Varshith Kandula has been sentenced to eight years in prison for ramming his car into the gates of the White House in May 2023. Here is all you should know about the 21-year-old who wanted to establish dictatorship in the US

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer-turned-US president whom history judges kindly

In Jimmy Carter’s first year in office, not a single shot was fired at a foreign country. He also had some major accomplishments in office – signing the Panama Canal treaty, the Camp David Accords and creating the Department of Energy. Post-presidency, he was known for his humanitarian work, especially building homes for the needy across the world

Joe Biden’s presidential pardon for son: How the power differs from Indian presidents

Joe Biden’s controversial move to issue a presidential pardon for his son, Hunter, has put the spotlight on the pardoning powers of presidents. In India, presidents and governors are empowered by the Constitution to grant mercy or clemency. But there are limitations

Presidents of the United States: George Washington, the Founding Father of America

George Washington, the first president of the United States, remains a towering figure in American history – the president by whom all other presidents are judged

Presidents of the United States: John Adams, the politician-philosopher who served as first Vice President and second US President

John Adams was a writer, a thinker, a politician and a philosopher. His contemporaries – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and James Monroe – all regarded him as a towering figure and first-rate intellect. Let’s take a closer look at the second president of the United States

Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third US president, shaped American democracy through his advocacy for individual rights and limited government. His presidency is notable for the Louisiana Purchase and commissioning the Lewis and Clark Expedition, although his legacy is complicated by his ownership of enslaved people

Presidents of the United States: James Madison, Father of the Constitution

James Madison served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He played a major role in drafting and promoting both the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Madison is known as the 'Father of the Constitution'

Presidents of the United States: James Monroe, the gentleman who presided over the ‘Era of Good feelings’

James Monroe was the final founding father and the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty to be president. He was also governor, a senator, a cabinet official, a diplomat and a soldier. Let’s take a look at the fifth President of the United States

Presidents of the United States: John Quincy Adams, a first-rate diplomat, towering secretary of state and an unsuccessful president

John Quincy Adams, who served as the sixth president of the United States, was also the first US president who was the son of another president, John Adams. He served from 1825 to 1829. Adams passed away in 1848