In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

As California prepares for heavy rain in areas recently burned by wildfires, the first of three storms expected in the US this week impacted communities from the Ohio Valley east to New Jersey.

Junko Yokota is legally blind in one eye. At first, her parents thought she was just a clumsy child who occasionally bumped ...

In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute ...

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

George Will writes a twice-weekly column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977.

At least nine federal judges — from Washington, D.C., to Washington state — have halted aspects of Trump’s early-term blitz, from his effort to rewrite the Constitution’s birthright ...

You can hike through history, stroll through nature, and enjoy some cherry pie on Saturday, Feb. 22, in honor of George ...

Because accumulating snow may not begin until mid- or even late afternoon Tuesday in the Beltway area and to the northeast, some schools may choose to hold classes Tuesday or consider an early ...

Washington manager Dave Martinez had been eagerly waiting to reunite with his players, noting that he arrived in Florida a week early. He couldn’t resist the excitement that comes with a new season.