‘American Nations’ and COVID-19

The 11 regions described in Colin Woodard's 2011 book show dramatic regional differences in how the coronavirus is affecting the United States.

Kansas newspaper’s post equates mask mandate with Holocaust

The cartoon depicts Gov. Laura Kelly wearing a mask with a Jewish Star of David on it, next to a drawing of people being loaded onto train cars.

‘People aren’t stupid’: Pence’s virus spin tests credibility

Vice President Mike Pence is the public face of the administration's coronavirus response, and it's a job that's becoming even more difficult.

Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks ‘garden’ of U.S. heroes

The group of 30-plus heroes features Founding Fathers and presidents, civil rights pioneers and aviation innovators, explorers and generals.

As monuments fall, Confederate carving has size on its side

The largest Confederate monument ever crafted decorates a mountainside in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

At Mount Rushmore, Trump digs deeper into nation’s divisions

The president lamented 'cancel culture' and charged that some on the political left hope to 'defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.'

North Korean vice foreign minister rules out more U.S. talks

Choe Son Hui says the U.S. is using negotiations only as a tool to grapple with its own political crisis.

The Latest: Texas has its biggest daily rise in virus cases

White Michigan couple arrested after gun pulled on Black family

Cellphone video captured the confrontation Wednesday in a restaurant parking lot.

FedEx, sponsor of Washington football team, calls for franchise to drop name seen as a slur

The request by FedEx, which holds the naming rights to the team's stadium, represents another shift from moral appeals to business and political tactics.