It’s cold outside. It’s cold in Washington, D.C. So why does our country’s president always get sworn in this time of year? I ...

Two rare George Washington portraits by Charles Peale Polk hit the auction block as the U.S. kicks off its 250th anniversary ...

George Washington was born on Friday, Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Details regarding his childhood are limited. As a child, he lived at several of the properties owned by his ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...

Inside Washington and Lee University lies a treasured letter from the founding father himself, expressing his deep commitment to education and the arts. (Washington and Lee University) Patchwork 250 ...

The Washington Post editorial board argued Tuesday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's upcoming swearing-in ceremony at a city subway station "accidentally honors" the private sector and ...

Shortly after the ball drops in Times Square, the curtain will rise on Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral administration, when Mamdani is sworn in as the city’s 112th mayor. Mamdani, 34, is planning two ...

“We communicated this afternoon, and he made it clear that he would like for me to attend, and I would like to be there to show the smooth, peaceful transition of power. We both know how important ...

On this day in 1799, America’s first president George Washington died at his home at the age of 67. The Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, won the major battle against the Union Army, ...

Trump took to his own platform, Truth Social, to bash Clooney and his wife, Amal, upon learning they have secured citizenship overseas, labeling them the “worst political prognosticators of all time.” ...

George Clooney and his family are French citizens. The Academy Award winning movie star, his wife Amal and their children were granted citizenship in France, according to the Guardian. Clooney said in ...

Call them Monsieur and Madame Clooney. France’s government says that George Clooney, his wife Amal, and their twins Ella and Alexander have been awarded French citizenship. The naturalizations of the ...