President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Yet Washington was aware that politics is perception — including the perception of his personal finances. As the national ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

People in Kent have told Elon Musk to keep his “hands off our English Channel” after he said it should be rechristened. The ...

Since the days of Martha Washington, the role of the First Lady has been an evolving symbol of influence, style, and advocacy in American history. While the Office of the First Lady was only formally ...

A body believed to be that of missing Belfast man John George has been found in Spain. The 37-year-old father-of-two, also known as John Hardy, disappeared while holidaying in Alicante.

By Benjamin Mullin After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog ...

Bob Ferguson is sworn in as the 24th Governor of the State of Washington during his inauguration ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Photo by Ryan ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is sworn into office by Washington Supreme Court chief justice Debra L ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson was officially sworn into office Wednesday as the state braces in the face of a significant budget gap and changing federal leadership. Ferguson com ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...