President Donald Trump‘s second Oval Office got its big debut Monday, including the return of an Andrew Jackson portrait and the reemergence of the Reagan rug. The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term,

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note ...

Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was “very generous.”

President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.

Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

Former President Joe Biden has continued a tradition started by President Ronald Reagan, who left behind a letter in the White House for his successor, George H.W. Bush.

President Trump found a handwritten letter from outgoing President Biden in the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, continuing a longstanding tradition of presidential transitions.

WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms ...

President Donald Trump's first days in office already offer signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent his first week back in office rapidly signing executive orders, the sheer volume of which could work to his advantage as he looks to quickly implement his second-term agenda against a wave of new lawsuits, legal analysts told Newsday.