The words of Benjamin Franklin are often invoked nowadays. On Monday, Sept. 17, 1787, at the closing session of the ...

The President of the United States is widely considered to be the most powerful person in the world. Since the ratification of the Constitution of the United States and the election of George ...

The Founders knew a throne when they saw one — and that's how they'd see Qatar's $400 million "gift" to President Trump.

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.

George Washington emerged as the clear front ... and took the oath of office, as the first President of the United States. Reflecting on this historic occasion, he wrote to James Madison, who ...

A lock of President George ... containing some of Washington’s hair was sold at Leland’s auction in April 2021 for nearly $40,000. Over 100 institutions in the United States have a clipping ...

Many Americans might think of George Washington as something like ... such as “His Highness, the President of the United States of America, and Protector of their Liberties.” ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...