President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather.
On Thursday, late President Carter is set to depart the U.S. Capitol at 9 a.m. and travel to the Washington National Cathedral for a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by the National Funeral Services at 10 a.m. Then, Carter and his family will return to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they will board back to Georgia.
In a solemn moment at the Capitol Rotunda, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, paid their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, whose remains lie in state ahea
The Capitol has a more expansive policy for lying in state. Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover lay in the Capitol in 1972. Police officers killed in 1998 while protecting the Capitol also lay in state there. Sen. John McCain lay in state after his death earlier this year.
Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Tuesday before a funeral service later this week. Follow for live news updates.
The body of former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol this week before a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.
Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old. His death came just over a year after the death of his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
United States Capitol Police are asking the people who ... recording will not be allowed while visitors are in the Rotunda "He did a lot of work for a lot of people all over the world.
President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will take place in the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously low temperatures.
Donald Trump will hold his inauguration ceremony in the US Capitol Rotunda due to extreme weather, similar to Ronald Reagan in 1985. Despite the venue change, Trump promises a memorable event, with live viewing at Capital One Arena and the presidential parade continuing as planned.
President-elect Trump confirms his second inauguration will be moved indoors due to the snow and cold temperatures.