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Barley provides a hearty base for spinach, herbs and smoked salmon in this Scandinavian-inspired dish.

Edward Stanley visited in 1824, when Americans feared the possibility of a Black president one day.

The U.S. has a pot of debt. Here's how little room is left until it overflows.

From the Garden of Eden to the president's Cabinet meetings, apple-polishing has a sorry history.

The grandiose memorial to Ulysses S. Grant never got built.

Millions of workers give through charity portals that quietly rely on biased Southern Poverty Law Center information.

The war exposes a vulnerability that could be disastrous in a conflict with China.

Budget decisions once flowed out strategic thinking. Now the budget does the strategizing.

On a four-day trip to France, the Pope praised the European Union for "tearing down walls."

A handful of states and the nation's capital offer a road map to improvement in student learning.