English and Spanish are the most common languages spoken in the U.S. but where do the rest rank? Newsweek has mapped tongues from other motherlands, and German comes third. In total, 13 states speak ...

Due to the high percentage of Americans of German origin, a widespread belief has emerged claiming that the US Congress, at the time of the nation’s founding and during the drafting of the U.S.

Although English was the predominant language, German was spoken with various members of the family – it was by no means an uncommon language at Buckingham Palace in the late nineteenth century. Queen ...

Whether English should be designated the nation's "official" language has been debated since the early days of America. In 1816, that debate provoked a riot. A Lancastrian presided over the trial that ...