An excerpt from a new book about Iran-Contra demonstrates that nearly every major player in the Reagan administration participated in covering up the clandestine affair...

The scholars and teachers responsible for the 'mindfulness revolution' gather for a landmark conference -- and disagree about everything...

Portraits of those who labor and those who survived at an Ebola treatment center in rural Liberia...

Trudeau credits the show's cast with providing the heart of the comedy. "These actors are unbelievable. They're getting three laughs for every one that's on the page."

Listen to interview here...

A requirement that the president of the Navajo Nation be fluent in the tribe’s language has forced one candidate off the ballot, just a week before Election Day.

Navajo President Ben Shelly on Tuesday vetoed a measure that would have eased the language requirement. As a result, Chris Deschene, an Arizona state representative, said he would drop his campaign for the post...

Not with a bang but a bubble.

Cosmologist Alex Vilenkin gave a lecture at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan earlier this year called “The Universe and Beyond.” I attended the talk, along with a few of my friends, and we all had the same reaction afterwards: “That was awesome! I didn’t understand a thing.” I understood even less of the lecture than the rest of my friends, which pretty much makes me the poster child for regression toward the mean, because Alex Vilenkin is my father...

Abu Omar al=Shishani has a fierce, gorgeous Chechen bride. He learned intelligence operations from the U.S. And his older brother may be the real genius of ISIS...

In his 1988 memoir, Donald T. Regan, a former chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan, revealed what he called the administration’s “most closely guarded secret.”...

The NATO coalition ended its formal mission in restive and dangerous Helmand province Sunday, handing over two major bases and an airstrip to the Afghan military as U.S. Marines and British forces prepare to withdraw.

The transfer of Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion, the hub for coalition forces in southwestern Afghanistan, is the most dramatic signal to date that the 13-year-old war is drawing to a close...

Free shipping and a TV show? It seemed crazy, but thanks to the success of the political comedy Alpha House, Amazon is officially a player in the original series business....