Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Kennedy Center Honors have traditionally been one of Washington’s splashiest affairs. Think Hollywood on the Potomac. Every year, an [...]

In 2023, we interviewed them to see how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting their ability to feel compassion and empathy. In the wake of the ceasefire this fall, we followed [...]

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Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In public, the Trump administration is on the attack against the media by launching investigations, restricting press access in government [...]

This week, you’ll need to be knowledgeable about holy media darlings, portrait-making techniques, and beloved Canadian icons — and that’s just three questions. [...]

GENEVA — Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia on Thursday pulled out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided to [...]

Curtis Means/POOL Daily Mail/AP NEW YORK — Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, he told an officer he didn’t want to [...]

The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud [...]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced scrutiny on two fronts Thursday, as lawmakers zeroed in on the legality of a Sept. 2 strike on survivors [...]

RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images NAIROBI, KENYA —The U.S. is “comprehensively reviewing” its ties with Tanzania after the State Department condemned [...]