The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington is conducting patrols in the West Philippine Sea — a show of ...

The USS George Washington (CVN 73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has been deployed to Philippine waters, ...

George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known for his military leadership during the French and Indian ...

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.

The Bergen County Historical Society is planning a new museum at the site of one of Gen. George Washington’s most important ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

George Washington famously became America’s Cincinnatus by voluntarily resigning his appointment as commander in chief of the United States armed forces. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman ...

Or the United States as the leader of the free world? ... Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 was trying to break the unwritten ban on third terms that dated to George Washington.