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Nigeria-born, Australia-raised, Kim Sajet is the cosmopolitan director of the National Portrait Gallery, whose collection includes 1,700 images of presidents from Washington to Trump

Jimmy Carter’s funeral will feature an interstate choreography of grief, ceremony and logistics that is characteristic of state funerals

Shortly after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to serve as U.S. attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Pam Bondi for the position. A former Florida attorney general, Bondi also worked for Trump as a defense lawyer during the first of his two impeachment trials.

One is even built into an old elevator shaft in a downtown alleyway – Katherine Roth explores

The US is somewhat unique in letting its chief executive pardon without having to get signoff – here’s what to know

When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it relied on hemp, a plant that now holds the potential for a U.S.-based industrial revolution.

The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.

The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?

Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to name his picks for key cabinet posts such as attorney general and the secretaries of defense, health and human services, and state.