George Cabot Lodge died on January 4, 2026, having had a rich life in government and academia. Notably, he was Assistant ...

A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and ...

January 17, 2026 Dallas E. Albright, 66, of Washington, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Hillside Manor in ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — The death of longtime assistant coach Bill Courtney is sending shock waves through the George Mason men’s ...

It has been years of planning and executing, but the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday. “If ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...

Ronald George Merritt, 85, of Washington, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Parkersburg, a son of the late Clemmie Gail Merritt and Lavina Jessie Baker Merritt. He is survived by his ...

I grew up a few miles from where George Washington and his Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenary soldiers stationed in Trenton, N.J. Down on his ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...

File photo: John Godzieba, as Gen. George Washington, second right, stands in a boat during a reenactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing, ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...

Next month, Christie’s is christening America’s 250th birthday with its largest Americana Week ever. The nine-sale, 700-lot extravaganza will feature treasures like a signed copy of the Emancipation ...