Nearly 240 years ago on Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected by all 69 presidential electors as the first ...

President Trump is taking steps toward installing a replica of a statue of Christopher Columbus that had been tossed into ...

The White House confirmed a meeting would take place after days of conflicting reports on the talks’ timing, location and ...

Nearly 240 years ago on Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected by all 69 presidential electors as the first ...

On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was ...

For Dole the past is present any time he loses his temper and the country recalls his snarling performances in long-gone campaigns. Another politician might get away with the side-of-the-mouth ...

From pitch black and piping hot to barista-made macchiatos, U.S. presidents have all had different coffee preferences. Let's look at nine of them.

New analysis compares today's political upheaval to the French Revolution, exploring how American and French revolutions took ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

Alumnus Albert Small spent a lifetime tracking down prints of the Declaration of Independence and the signatures of all who ...