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

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled.

For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with civility in order to remain independent of their appetites and quarrels.

George Washington earned his stripes, tested his resolve and learned from his defeats in western Pennsylvania.

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 ...

Gen Stephen Moylan served as an aide-de-camp to general George Washington during the American Revolution which broke out on ...

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House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk may not be the first immigrant speaker after all, the governor's appointments office earns ...

The Detroit News examined the list of governors and U.S. senators from Michigan for the last 75 years and found 36% of them ...

Quote of the Day: A powerful quote by Judith Butler reveals how reading immerses us in new worlds. We lose ourselves in books ...

The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire ...

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