The funeral for former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be held at noon ET Friday at Washington National Cathedral. Powell died Oct. 18 of complications from COVID-19. Born in New York City to ...

Colin Powell, a retired four-star general and White House national security adviser who served as the nation’s first black secretary of state, died Monday as a result of complications from COVID ...

WASHINGTON — Having covered Colin Powell since the Reagan White House and later, when he became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush, I had ...

Colin Powell could be remembered for a number of things. He served under four different presidents and rose to the level of Secretary of State (2001-2005)—the first African American to do so.

April Ryan recalls White House encounters with Colin Powell, reflects on his legacy EXCLUSIVE: "Powell always recognized our commonality as Black Americans occupying these historic and ...

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., both received votes (House rules state that the House speaker doesn't have to be a member of the House) - Powell received ...