A battle is under way over the legacy of the 34th president, and at the heart of it is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter, Susan Eisenhower.

One section of the Haggadah—a compilation of texts recited during the Passover Seder—invites the hungry and downtrodden to “come and eat.”

President Obama will deliver remarks next Wednesday at the groundbreaking for the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. For supporters of the project, com...

As the third national ambassador for young people’s literature, a position created by the Library of Congress in 2007, Walter Dean Myers loves to “get people to yell at me.”

Big Tobacco was brought down not by crusading lawmakers or damning medical research, but by a secret quest for a more addictive cigarette.

On Tuesday night, the House sergeant at arms invaded American living rooms when he introduced President Obama before the State of the Union address. With protruding ears and an angular jaw, Paul D. Irving looked t...

Sixty-five years after the first military tribunal at Nuremberg, some Holocaust survivors are still awaiting recompense from the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

“Andy Warhol predicted that everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes,” said Doron Ofir, the casting director behind MTV’s Jersey Shore, which debuted in December 2009 and has since become part ...

Even as some Republicans question the efficacy of Keynesian economics, lawmakers in both parties have responded favorably to a certain passage in President Obama’s address to Congress last week.

Maybe it’s a sign of just how bad the times are that an overwhelming majority of freshman lawmakers are spending most of the August recess back in their districts, trying to allay anxiety and explaining their decidedly short ...

Former Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.—who was soundly defeated last year in a three-way race to succeed appointed Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla.—has received new marching orders from the White House.

Michael Ferrell couldn’t lose—he had a Supreme Court justice at his disposal.

Sheryl Shenberger is saddled with a Herculean task.

In the summer of 2008, the bodies of dozens of ducks and ducklings were found floating in the Capitol Reflecting Pool, prompting the National Park Service to cordon off the area. As park officials later explained, the noncirculati...

Fox News says hackers used one of its Twitter accounts to spread disturbing phony reports about President Obama.