The first ever portrait of the first lady, Martha Washington, was painted with oil on canvas, according to The White House Historical Association, which has a gallery of all the first lady ...

The White House unveiled its official portrait of first lady Melania Trump on Monday. Mrs. Trump is pictured in a suit, standing in front of a window with the Washington Monument in the rearview ...

WASHINGTON — Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month ...

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William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the ...

Today UL Standards & Engagement announced Jeff Marootian as its new President and CEO, effective February 3, 2025. Marootian ...

Federal aid pause: The White House budget office ordered a pause ... They reported from Washington. In his first week in office, President Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world ...

The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense ...

The White House briefing room already has a new look under President Trump. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday said the administration will open credentials to independent journalists ...

The White House on Wednesday rescinded its order to ... a clear understanding of the consequences. Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, called the reversal “an important victory for the ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.