The painting, which belonged to Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., went for $2.881 million at Christie’s Rockefeller ...

In Georgetown, espionage does not announce itself with dead drops or coded messages. It manifests through access, trust, and ...

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 in Philadelphia.

Elizabeth Holmes founded the blood-testing startup Theranos before being convicted of fraud and sentenced to federal prison.

Gilbert Stuart's replica has been on the university's campus in Potsdam since the 1950s - except when some frat boys stole it ...

Historians are still learning new information about George Washington's life, but one shred of lore endures: He had a thing ...

Attorney General Keith Ellison's selective enforcement pattern emerges as he excuses mob conduct at St. Paul's Cities Church during worship services.

But the Smithsonian has long sought a higher mission than national storage. George Brown Goode, who ran the Smithsonian in ...

From the American Freedom Train and a Bicentennial Wagon Train to stars and stripes and everything red, white and blue.

A year into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of activity. Whether you ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker to a record-breaking $60 million AAV contract last week. Bo Bichette quickly followed it up with a $42 million AAV co ...