How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
Presidents Day, once celebration of Washington’s birth, increasingly retail-focused holiday
Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.
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We’d Never Had a King Until This Week
I would plunk my tricorne hat atop my head and meet the incoming waves of visitors, herding them around the Common and ...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a ...
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Birthplace to host events for Washington’s 293rd birthday
George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Northern Neck National Heritage Area invite the public to celebrate the 293rd birthday of the nation’s first president in the park on Saturday, ...
McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as GOP power broker
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is ending his tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ...
BJP’s criticism of Congress over links with USAID and George Soros boomerangs
Congress hits back with Priyank Kharge sharing a biography of Smriti Irani from website of Union minority affairs ministry ...