Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

Traitor or hero? Statue of George Washington stirs mixed reaction in London. By Steve Hendrix The Washington Post,Updated June 18, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, July Fourth week is a time for 250th anniversary events, the ...

One of the qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was that he was not eager for power. This led to his June 14, 1775, appointment 250 years ago as commander-in-chief ...

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver a patriotic speech in Iowa, kicking off America's year-long celebration of its ...

As agriculture expanded from the Carolinas into Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, early Southern farmers grew peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. However, finding a profitable market for these ...

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.

In a 1784 letter to the marquis, George Washington wrote, “It is unnecessary, I persuade myself to repeat to you my Dear Marqs. the sincerity of my regards and friendship, nor have I words which ...

News4’s Drew Wilder reports. The names of people who were enslaved on George’s Washington’s Mount Vernon estate are inscribed on the walls of what was their home: Tom Nokes. Vina. Barbara.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, festivities followed by a major military parade will happen on June 14 in Washington D.C. The Continental Congress voted to create the ...