Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled in Philadelphia.

A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...

Citizen Genet, the French envoy to the United States, landed in Charleston, South Carolina, and proceeded to enlist American citizens’ help in France’s war with Britain by commissioning privateers in ...

The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This ...

BYU history professor Tyson Reeder holds a copy of his award-winning book, “Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison’s America.” The book recently earned the $50,000 ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrives in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 17, 2025. George Washington returned to Guam for a port visit Dec. 1, 2025. US Navy photo ...

A sculpture of George Washington by artist Gary Lee Price was displayed at the Dallas Arboretum during Thanksgiving, 2016. Contributor Dallas Gingles examines what we can learn from our first ...

Heavy traffic delays swept through North Jersey roads Nov. 21 after a closure on the Cross Bronx Expressway caused backups stretching to the George Washington Bridge, according to police. As of 10:34 ...

A monument-building startup said on social media that it is planning to build a 500-foot statue of George Washington with a stainless-steel exterior. The organization More Monuments said on X that the ...