The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business.

President's Day, the next federal holiday on the calendar, is rapidly approaching. The holiday, which is celebrated annually ...

President Trump boasted of his accomplishments in his first 43 days in office, comparing the start of his presidency to ...

A group of Ukrainian lawmakers has proposed erecting a monument in Kyiv to George Washington, the first president of the ...

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences ... cautious optimism about large republics—at a time when the United States territory extended only to the Mississippi River.

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king. And yet the United States will once again commemorate its first ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday created to honor the first president of the United States, George Washington. Over time, it has also included the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (both Lincoln ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.