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As a child, I found my father's love of the national anthem utterly bewildering. His was the generation of men born free but shackled by bigotry. So why did he sound so proud, singing that song?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would work to win back voters who'd abandoned her party. Meanwhile, internal squabbles erupted among leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

Not all feelings of curiosity are the same. A study finds that one factor affecting the balance of negative and positive when it comes to curiosity is time, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

Thomas J. Brennan first started writing about war through letters home to his wife when he was deployed in a remote village in Afghanistan’s Helmand...

Republican Sens. John McCain and Rand Paul both oppose the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill, which needs a 51-vote majority to pass.

Senate Republicans' efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act are once again floundering. The bill currently lacks enough support. But many…

The vote is seen as a way to signal the ethnic minority's desire for self-determination, despite strong opposition from regional and international powers. Turnout reportedly was high.

Music legend Stevie Wonder told a Central Park crowd: "I'm taking a knee for America ... but not just one knee — I'm taking both knees." Wonder was joined by Pharrell and many others this weekend.

The CEO of Microsoft was hired to turn the company around. And now, just three years into the job, Satya Nadella has written a book reflecting on this monumental task — and the empathy it requires.

David Litt says writing speeches and jokes for former President Obama was often a delicate task: "There's a whole industry of people trying to take your words out of context."