The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents the country’s past.

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

Officials say no survivors after a passenger jet crashed with an Army helicopter on approach to a Washington, D.C., airport. Here's what we know.

Officials say no survivors after a passenger jet crashed with an Army helicopter on approach to a Washington, D.C., airport. Here's what we know.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost Anthony Davis to injury in a blowout defeat to a shorthanded Philadelphia 76ers team on Tuesday.

The MLK Dream Keepers sponsored the annual MLK celebration with a prayer breakfast, parade and powerful speakers at the G.W.

Heeding pushback from parents, the Cedar Rapids school district announced Monday it will slow the launch of a new program ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861. Bettmann/Getty Images Claire Jerry, Smithsonian Institution The only constitutionally mandated ...

Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.

Grandson to Queen Victoria, the old-fashioned but popular King George V, who reigned over an empire from which the sun never set, had a dark side to his personality that today would make him the most ...

A body believed to be that of missing Belfast man John George has been found in Spain. The 37-year-old father-of-two, also known as John Hardy, disappeared while holidaying in Alicante.

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United States history.