George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business.
Donald Trump's Speech to Congress: 8 of His Claims, from George Washington as 'Number 2' to Going to Mars
President Trump boasted of his accomplishments in his first 43 days in office, comparing the start of his presidency to ...
The Economist7d
Donald Trump’s Washington reaches a new partisan peak
His address to Congress showed that Republicans will follow their leader anywhere, and that Democrats don’t have one ...
Chicago Tribune24d
Michael Peregrine: Why we must continue to venerate George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of our country.” Yet as we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who he ...
The New York Times29d
How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day
The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.
Penn Live24d
Presidents Day 2025: Here’s what’s open and what’s closed
Presidents Day is a federal holiday created to honor the first president of the United States, George Washington. Over time, it has also included the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (both Lincoln ...
Slate23d
Six Sentences
In 1796, George Washington ... s good news. Washington’s analysis in this excised section pivots to a cautious optimism about large republics—at a time when the United States territory ...
National Review23d
There Is No Such National Holiday as Presidents Day
Our popular culture and even the law in some states now refer to the holiday as “Presidents Day.” That habit started by effectively combining the mid-February birthdays of George Washington ...
The Kyiv Independent2d
Ukrainian lawmakers propose George Washington monument in Kyiv
A group of Ukrainian lawmakers has proposed erecting a monument in Kyiv to George Washington, the first president of the ...
ABC1225d
How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail
(AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy ... And yet the United States will once again commemorate its first president on Monday, 293 years after he was born.
Oregonian22d
Washington lawmakers debate removing first president from state flag. Critics call the move ‘un-American’
The current state flag “is essentially a seal on a green background with text,” the bill states ... to George Washington’s Birthday. Originally established in honor of the first president, ...
Newsday25d
George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways
Most often, it’s Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War president who sometimes outranks even Washington among historians for keeping the Union intact. Fourteen states have a separate holiday just for ...