The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

According to the National Park Service, fireworks on the National Mall are set to begin at 9 p.m. local time on July 4. The ...

First lady Melania Trump visited sick patients at Children’s National hospital in Washington as the children made Fourth of ...

Nobody celebrates the Fourth of July like the nation’s capital. Whether you are going it alone, looking for an adventure, ...

Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest ...

Trump makes no secret of his desire for the Nobel Peace Prize. After taking an outsized role in the Middle East, perhaps he ...

Archbishop Martin Modéus, the current head of the Church of Sweden, recently told Swedish journalist Anna Hedenmo that, in ...

The Washington Nationals continue to make their case for their young sluggers to represent the National League in the All-Star Game next month. The Official Nationals Communications account on X ...

Juneteenth events at Booker T. Washington National Monument detail the life of the famous author and orator who was freed in Franklin County after being enslaved the first nine years of his life.

Kwezikazi Mfithi stepped into a hallway at Children’s National Hospital to wait as her 2-month-old daughter got an X-ray for her heart troubles. Then, she heard music — opera. Mfithi, 26, had ...

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863, but it wasn't until June 19, 1865, that slavery was officially abolished in Texas, marking the official end ...