Senate’s planned recess uncertain{beacon}MIDTERM POLITICS are moving to the forefront as Washington looks ahead to the August recess, with the Trump agenda bill, socialism, culture ...

Republicans are encountering some early headaches in. Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority next ...

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A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from ...

Prince George's County election: Voters to pick next county executive State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy, a Democrat, is running against military veteran Jonathan White, a Republican, in the special ...

Thus, in some ways, it is Mount Vernon that stands for the American national character. This essay is about Mount Vernon, George Washington, and the American national character.

On the weekend of George Washington’s 293rd birthday, if he were still alive today and running for president, would he win the election? We’re posing this question to a person who might have a pretty ...

On the weekend of George Washington's 293rd birthday, if he were still alive today and running for president, would he win the election?

On the weekend of George Washington’s 293rd birthday, if he were still alive today and running for president, would he win the election? We’re posing this question to a person who might have a ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until, on a whim ...

This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts.

Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789 President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ...