One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

With the latest presidential inauguration set to take place in Washington on Monday, Eyewitness News takes a look at where the first one took place: the heart of New York City, more than two centuries ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European ...

Love anything enough and it will reveal its secrets to you.” So said George Washington Carver, one of the world’s greatest of scientists, yet most modest of men. Glenn Clark, ...

Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean ...

WASHINGTON — The nation bade farewell to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday with a majestic state funeral for a man ...

At a pomp-filled state funeral, mourners paid tribute to Mr. Carter and argued that he was a more successful leader than many ...

WASHINGTON (AP ... Carter’s longtime personal pastor, spoke briefly and asked God to grant the former president “eternal rest.” Lowden is among many Black pastors Carter has been close to in his life, ...

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation's highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony."For the final time as president ...