Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As ...

This is what Washington calls compromise: The House proposes $1, the Senate proposes $2, and somehow, we end up spending $3.

A series of letters sent to the University of Virginia by the U.S. Department of Justice outlines allegations of “illegal” practices, as well as mounting pressure on campus leaders to disassociate the ...

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

The battle for President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" appears to be nearing an end. But Trump's signature tax and ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

As President Donald Trump and his advisers begin weighing replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, they’re ...

The state’s leaders persevered the last time President Trump threw out plans to move the agency to the D.C. suburbs. They’re ...

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate ...

President Donald Trump has profited from the presidency like no one else in American history as the difference between the ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...