The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term, was reinstalled during Trump’s inauguration ceremony, according to CBS News. The Resolute Desk had to be partially disassembled in order to facilitate its return.

House Speaker Mike Johnson noted the significance of Vice President JD Vance entering the Oval Office, saying that the Vance's journey from "humble circumstances" to the Washington, D.C., could only happen in the U.

Outgoing President Ronald Reagan in 1989 became the first president to leave a note in the Oval Office desk for his successor.

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WASHINGTON — The full contents of the letter former President Joe Biden left for President Trump has been revealed.

President Trump was eager on Monday to point out contrasts with his Democratic predecessor, including a free-wheeling Oval Office press conference.

Former President Joe Biden wrote a short letter to his successor, President Donald Trump, in which he told the 47th president that people look to the White House for “steadiness in the inevitable storms of history.

"Maybe we should all read it together," Trump told reporters upon finding Biden's letter. "Maybe I'll read it first and then make that determination."

President Donald Trump’s repeated claims on Wednesday about former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the 2020 election all came under a factual microscope by CNN’s Daniel Dale.

The pardons, Trump said in the Oval Office, will go to 23 “peaceful protestors” who were prosecuted under the Biden administration.

Federal agencies, employees and contractors are trying to process how President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI executive order will upend their work.