Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected ...

First intended as an entrance for social events, the East Wing became the first lady's office space. Historians say the shift ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont about his support for a bill to provide SNAP benefits to recipients in spite of the shutdown.

Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to ...

After the shutdown of USAID on July 1, about 100 of USAID's disaster response staff survived the transition and are working ...

DHS's social media campaign promises to defend American identity and culture from an invasion. For many Latinos, it's a ...

Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings ...

Disability advocacy organization New Disabled South is sending one-time cash payments to disabled SNAP recipients in southern states. About 30% of SNAP recipients are disabled or elderly.

Austin Tice was captured and detained in 2012 by the Assad regime in Syria. Tice is the longest-held American journalist ...

Trump wants Beijing to curb exports of chemicals that make fentanyl in exchange for a lowered tariff rate with China. Xi's expected to push Trump to weaken U.S. support for Taiwan.

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews ...