George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is probably still the best summation of the man who, over a hard but resolute ...

Susannah George is The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, based in Dubai, where she leads coverage of the oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf and their neighbor, Iran. She previously spent ...

Kathy Bates revealed she lost 100 pounds after her weight began to affect her stamina and mobility. During a recent interview with Variety, the 76-year-old actress, who is starring as attorney ...

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.

Short Term at Bates — four weeks at the height of Maine’s spring, from late April through May — is a time for intense, focused work. You’ll live and breathe one class, and one class only. It’s an ...

Could this be the end of an acting legend's career? Kathy Bates recently called her new starring role on CBS' Matlock reboot her "last dance," telling the New York Times she had planned on ...

VENICE — For the first time since writing a July 10 op-ed in the New York Times titled, “I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New ...

However, as much as she said she was "flattered" that the retirement report "went around the globe," Bates told ABC's George Pennacchio that she was "misunderstood." "I think it was misunderstood ...