In the early decades of the United States, coinage was more than a medium of exchange. It was a statement of identity. Long after independence had been secured, Americans continued to use coinage to define who they were, where they came from, and what they chose to remember. The 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial Half Dollar stands...

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 800 points Tuesday, over 1.5%, as a global stock sell-off deepened following intensifying U.S. threats over ownership of Greenland, which is a territory of Denmark, a NATO ally. President Trump announced a 10% import tariff starting February 1 on all goods sent to the U.S. from eight NATO nations—Denmark,...

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