In a new biography, Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow has created a portrait of the man as his contemporaries saw him. The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first ...

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke ...

George Washington rose from land surveyor to Commander-in-Chief and the first U.S. President. His leadership helped shape a ...

In our time, as in Washington’s, when a president expresses uncertainty about his constitutional duties, it is up to all of us to set him straight. This article was originally published on MSNBC.com ...

Searching for some evidence that the Founding Fathers would have supported “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for former President Donald Trump, his lawyers have turned to George ...

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

Washington, D.C., wasn't established as the nation's capital until 1790 — the year after Washington became the nation's first president. Instead, Washington's inauguration was held in New York City.

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

Ask George Washington. In the days since a 2021 clip emerged of the Republican vice-presidential candidate, J. D. Vance, criticizing the Democrats for being led by childless figures, people have ...

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.