Arctic Blast Forces Presidential Inauguration Indoors For First Time In 40 Years
The presidential inauguration ceremony will take place on what could be the coldest inauguration day since 1985.
Trump to be inaugurated inside: Last ceremony held indoors was Reagan's in 1985
President-elect Trump's inauguration will now take place inside the U.S. Capitol due to cold weather forecast for Monday, the first indoor inauguration since Ronald Reagan's second inauguration in January 1985.
Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South
A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of the arctic blast.
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Reagan’s 1985 inauguration, among the coldest, was also held indoors
The Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole inaugural ceremony indoors, and the parade was canceled.
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40 years apart, Trump and Reagan's inauguration have one thing in common
Ronald Reagan became the oldest President to take office at the age of 73. In 2021, outgoing President Joe Biden broke the record at the age of 78 years, And now Trump, who turned 78 in June 2024, will become the oldest person to start a presidential term.
Polar vortex to dump half a foot of snow on NYC, followed by deadly Arctic cold
A brutal polar vortex is set to bury the Big Apple in snow Sunday and then deliver deadly single-digit temperatures that will feel like 15 degrees below zero.
How Trump’s frigid Inauguration Day compares to how cold it was for Biden, Obama, and other presidents
The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.
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Trump's inaugural ceremony moved indoors due to forecast of intense cold
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bone-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."
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Florida prepares snowplows with freezing temperatures, snow this week. What we know
Yet another Arctic blast is expected to send temperatures ... the coldest presidential inauguration since the start of Ronald Reagan's second term in 1985, AccuWeather said.
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U.S. Air Force Deploys F-16 Jets to Greenland In Arctic Readiness Exercise
NORAD sent two F-16s from Alaska to Greenland to reinforce posture in the Arctic. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump's
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Rubio Says Trump Greenland Bid ‘Not a Joke,’ Citing China Risk
The top US diplomat said President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland “is not a joke” because of the risk that China would station resources on the island that threaten American security and the importance of Arctic shipping lanes for energy exports.
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Inside the harsh lives of wolves living at the top of the world
Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation for these predators of the tundra. Wolves pick at the remains of a muskox. To get this image, photographer ...