Historian and author, John Garrison Marks, discusses George Washington's relationship with slavery in light of exhibits about ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

President Woodrow Wilson led the U.S. into the war in 1917 as an ally of the Western European nations. When he asked Congress ...

While AI is generating all the buzz, it was Washington state's climate tech and healthcare innovation that got shout outs in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino (THE CONVERSATION) Foreign policy is usually ...

The risk is that, if Trump sticks to his course, he will push the world back to the way it was in the age of empires a century or more ago - a world where big powers, with spheres of influence, sought ...

December 14 marked the anniversary of the death of General Washington, and it seems fitting to offer something rarely given to leaders once they are gone, not just praise for victory, but gratitude ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...

After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon have reopened to visitors. The $40 million preservation project at the first ...

The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This ...