George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...

Elon Musk's newest role as "special government employee" could pose possible legal and ethical questions, experts say, ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The Senate has confirmed billionaire Doug Burgum as interior secretary. Lawmakers on Thursday voted 79-18 in favor of Burgum.

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday unveiled a suite of orders aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump's agenda to ...

Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters, ...

As Warren Christopher — and Joe Biden — knew in the 1990s, moving USAID to the State Department is right on the policy.

A lawsuit brought by all 22 states with Democratic attorneys general plus the District of Columbia detailed a litany of programs funded by Uncle Sam. Washington state said it received $121 million ...

Musk's rapid takeover of two US government agencies has enabled the South African-born billionaire to exert unprecedented ...