Gregory Washington, the first Black president of George Mason University, is under fire for his promotion of campus diversity ...

The Trump administration has launched a fourth investigation into George Mason University over its diversity, equity, and ...

How Mount Rushmore came to be. There is more to Mount Rushmore’s 60-foot heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln than meets the eye.

Archaeologists have located the site of a historic friendly-fire incident that nearly cost George Washington his life.

Approximately 227 years ago, in 1797, George Washington became the first U.S. president to voluntarily cede the presidency to his successor. At the time, this was unheard of.

When it came to the presidency, George Washington harbored both desire and doubt. In this illustartion, Charles Thomson, the secretary of Congress, formally notifies him that he has been elected.

The book covers 40 historical figures and their penchant for getting stoned, high and hammered. Elvis Presley took three ...

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino. On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, ...

Mark Wrighton, George Washington University's interim president, arrived at a university in turmoil. Now he'll work to stabilize the campus.