This Sunday, the George Washington Inaugural Bible — which Washington used to swear his oath of office as the country’s first ...

Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783, just 18 months after his namesake George Washington led America to ...

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

It can be argued that the first American elections were far from democratic. George Washington, a national hero, was ...

A basketful of issues close to your heart may be preventing you from seeing the much bigger issue: “A republic, if you can ...

The US Government's debt has surpassed $35 trillion, with the Treasury issuing $22 trillion in new debt annually to manage ...

From jelly beans to fried chicken, presidents' favorite dishes show that even the most influential leaders have their ...

Thanksgiving is a day full of football and succulent feasts for millions of Americans, but why is the holiday occurring so ...

From 100 years ago: George Murray, federal Prohibition agent, was recovering in a Grand Forks, British Columbia, hospital, ...

The former president, always a political outsider, went on to have a 40-year career as a champion of human rights and global ...

The 19th Amendment that extended voting rights to women — almost exclusively white women at the time — was ratified in 1920, ...

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the images of four U.S. presidents into Mount Rushmore on Oct. 4, 1927. The effort ...