George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...

Elon Musk's newest role as "special government employee" could pose possible legal and ethical questions, experts say, ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

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

Chadds Ford was an ideal place back on Sept. 9, 1777, for Gen. George Washington’s Headquarters as his Continental Army plotted to attack the British ...

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday unveiled a suite of orders aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump's agenda to ...

From USAID to the U.S. federal payment system, Musk is spearheading plans to audit and cut multiple government agencies ...

A lawsuit brought by all 22 states with Democratic attorneys general plus the District of Columbia detailed a litany of programs funded by Uncle Sam. Washington state said it received $121 million ...

As Warren Christopher — and Joe Biden — knew in the 1990s, moving USAID to the State Department is right on the policy.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday oversaw the seizure of a Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican ...

A new Wallethub study ranks Washington one of the worst states for people to retire in. The study compared and ranked all 50 states based on 46 key metrics ranging from retirement-friendliness ...