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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...