Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist is accused of having child porn on his work laptop, federal prosecutors ...

The founders didn’t foresee flight — but they knew a throne when they saw one. And to this George Washington scholar, Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to President Donald Trump reads like a ...

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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 ...

George Washington University has hosted 306 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1970 Vignette. The year with the most events was 1996 with 23 events.

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.

The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's ...