President Trump wants the Smithsonian to install a colossal George Washington statue outside the National Museum of American ...

In 1878, the Lewis family (descendants of George Washington’s nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and Nelly Custis Lewis) sold the candle ...

In the nation’s capital, visitors are now getting a rare look at the Constitution before it was finalized.

How much do you get paid to be the leader of the free world? Since 2001, the president of the United States has been paid $400,000 a year. Compare that to 1789, when the US elected its first president ...

The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, came just eight months into George W. Bush's presidency. They would alter the ...

President Donald Trump focused on law and order at a rally for the GOP candidate for the Senate in North Carolina, blaming ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: Sept. 18, 1973 Mayoral ...

President Trump delivered remarks from the Pentagon and the remaining living former presidents honored victims at Ground Zero ...