NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - George Washington's personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights sold for $9.8 million at auction on Friday, setting a record for an American book or ...

The version of the quote that widely circulated online was shortened and simplified, but it accurately preserved the meaning of Washington's original words as delivered in a March 15, 1783, speech.

FAIRFAX, Va. — For obvious reasons, and with some justification, the supporters of the Tea Party movement that has so energized the recent political landscape in America seek to enlist the Founding ...

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation ...

On Sept. 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed a newly crafted Constitution for the United States. The men had spent all summer working on the document, honing ...

Washington doesn’t impose that duty on the people. He acknowledges their desire, expressed through Congress, to fulfill this ...

We say: Szalai, like many partisans, sees the Constitution as a threat when it results in outcomes they don’t like — in this case, the “political ascent” of Donald Trump. The real threat is people ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that 21st century Americans can scarcely imagine. For one, there was no ...

The second reason for getting rid of the president’s pardon power involves that earlier stuff about checks and balances. The Founding Fathers believed the only remedy for the corrupt abuse or misuse ...