Racond, a historian of all things Washington, called the speech the soon-to-be president's "most important" action in ...

Federal Hall, at Wall and Broad streets, stands at the site where George Washington took the Oath of Office on April 30, 1789, to become the first U.S. president. Presidential, Congressional and Court ...

A journey around Lower Manhattan highlights the roots of Revolution in the nation's first capital, now New York's largest city.

President Trump had up to this point largely stuck to the script throughout this speech, focusing on the economy and business investment. But now Trump has turned to immigration, and the speech has ...

Jailing a journalist for doing their job is dangerous — not only for press freedom, but for the public’s right to know,’ the National Press Club said on Friday.

During his second term, U.S President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented action against universities in a number of ways. We examine which universities have been at the forefront of the action, and ...

As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

What happened inside the President's House also helped shape some of the nation's earliest experiments in self-government.

We do not have to hide from the hard things. The call of Americans is not to look away, but to look up.