The new Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, created by the Wall Street “junk bond king,” offers Washington an optimistic, high-tech temple of capitalism.

For over 200 years, the White House has served as the home of the president of the United States and a "living museum of American history," as it is often described by historians and the government.

Randy Lanham, education director at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, and Parker Malone, one of his fiddle students, will be performing at the White House on Dec. 7. Lanham said they’ll be ...