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There’s a big spike in Google searches related to World War II

Unusually popular search terms include "Reichstag fire" and "Kristallnacht."

The media claimed that Jeanette Epps will be the first African-American sent to the space station

Actually, that’s wrong.

CIA Covert Aid to Italy Averaged $5 Million Annually from Late 1940s to Early 1960s, Study Finds

CIA covert aid to Italy continued well after the agency’s involvement in the 1948 elections.

New Book Says Bob Woodward Burned Hillary Clinton’s Ghostwriter

Barbara Feinman Todd's new memoir says the famous journalist reported out a story about Clinton talking to Eleanor Roosevelt that she told him in confidence. Woodward says that's not correct.

9 Executive Orders That Changed American History

Over the years the executive order has become a more controversial tool.

In divided America, history is weaponized to praise or condemn Trump

Many people are sharing stories about key moments and figures in American history to support or oppose one controversial White House executive order after another.

There's a long history of presidential untruths. Here's why Donald Trump is 'in a class by himself'

Presidents of all stripes and both major political parties have bent, massaged or shaded the truth, elided uncomfortable facts or otherwise misled the public — unwittingly or, sometimes, very purposefully.

If you thought Lady Gaga’s halftime show was apolitical, consider the origin of ‘This Land is Your Land’

Her rendition of “Born this way” wasn’t her only note of protest.

Mayor of Gdansk says rightwing politicians need to keep their hands off the new Museum of the Second World War

by Pawel Adamowicz

They seem to think it’s not patriotic enough.

Subway Riders Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti, as ‘Decent Human Beings’

The car’s windows and posters were covered in anti-Semitic graffiti. Messages like “Jews belong in the oven” and “destroy Israel, Heil Hitler,” had been written over subway maps, as shown by photographs taken on the train. Swastikas were drawn in black marker on the doors and windows.

When Tyrants Banned Religious Minorities

Looking back over the course of the past 2,000 years, it is remarkable how many of these violent and discriminatory measures were about profit and patriotism.

100 years and 16 presidents ago, a look at another anti-immigration act

In some ways, the 1917 law serves as a reminder of how different the times were back then.

Teaching Southern and Black History Under Trump

“I don’t know that Trump has historical awareness at all.” – Fitzhugh Brundage, the chair of the history department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1933 | The President Assumes ‘Dictatorial’ Powers. Quickly.

President Trump’s first 10 days in the White House don’t seem as big a whirlwind after reading coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first 10.

White House nixed Holocaust statement naming Jews

The State Department wrote a message that recognized Jewish victims, but the White House used its own that didn’t.

During World War II, the U.S. Saw Italian-Americans as a Threat to Homeland Security

The executive order that forced Japanese-Americans from their homes also put immigrants from Italy under the watchful eye of the government.

Yale college named for John C. Calhoun to change

… if corporation trustees go along.

Newsweek is drawing attention to a search for California’s lost Viking treasure ship

The story is buoyed by legend, but scuttled by facts.

What Is the Johnson Amendment That Trump Wants to ‘Destroy’?

Essentially, it's supposed to stop leaders of houses of worship from using the pulpit to campaign for certain politicians. But doing away with the Johnson Amendment won't be so simple.

Neil Gorsuch and the Search for the Supreme Court Mainstream

by Linda Greenhouse

The problem is what’s considered mainstream keeps changing.