A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Searching for some evidence that the Founding Fathers would have supported ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only ...

22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Washington also dined with the royal governor and assumed, as did most of his landed countrymen, that the British would be reasonable.

Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Biden is the first to write a letter to ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...

Former president George W. Bush speaks during the Presidential ... According to the Texas Tribune, Bush did not vote for either major-party presidential nominee this year. Earlier Tuesday ...

Jaylen Curry's 19 points helped UMass defeat George Washington 74-61 on Wednesday night. Curry had six assists for the Minutemen (9-11, 4-3 Atlantic 10 Conference). Rahsool Diggins scored 19 points ...