• Acclaimed poet Arthur Sze on bridging Western and Chinese traditions

    Acclaimed poet Arthur Sze on bridging Western and Chinese traditions

    Jun 25, 2025 10:20 PM EST

    ... for our arts and culture series, Canvas. Arthur Sze, Poet, "Into the Hush": When a black butterfly flits past, when you glimpse the outlines of apple trees... Jeffrey Brown: The poetry of Arthur Sze contains wonders and losses. Arthur Sze: When Bering Aleut, Juma, Tuscarora join the list of vanished ...

  • Trump signs new executive order delaying TikTok ban for third time

    Trump signs new executive order delaying TikTok ban for third time

    Jun 19, 2025 03:59 PM EST

    ... a recurring threat with no real resolution." For now, TikTok continues to function for its 170 million users in the U.S., and tech giants Apple, Google and Oracle were persuaded to continue to offer and support the app, on the promise that Trump's Justice Department would not use ...

  • How Israel's attack on Iran puts the U.S. in a difficult situation

    How Israel's attack on Iran puts the U.S. in a difficult situation

    Jun 18, 2025 10:49 PM EST

    ... is, that he believes Iran is weeks away from producing a nuclear weapon. Where do you land? Ernest Moniz: Well, I think we're comparing apples and oranges here. First of all, Iran, as we know, had enriched uranium for no good civil reason, civilian reason, to about 60 percent ...

  • The Trump family announces its newest business venture: a mobile phone service

    The Trump family announces its newest business venture: a mobile phone service

    Jun 16, 2025 05:26 PM EST

    The company would also enter a highly competitive market that includes companies that have been directly attacked by Donald Trump. President Trump criticized Apple last month because it planned to make most of its U.S. iPhones in India, and threatened to slap a 25% tariff on the devices unless ...

  • Google and Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in antitrust case

    Google and Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in antitrust case

    May 30, 2025 06:28 PM EST

    ... to persuade the court to give them unfair access to Google’s innovations.The debate over Google's fate also has pulled in opinions from Apple, mobile app developers, legal scholars and startups. Apple, which collects more than $20 billion annually to make Google the default search engine on the ...

  • Taylor Swift buys back her first 6 albums

    Taylor Swift buys back her first 6 albums

    May 30, 2025 04:49 PM EST

    ... 6 episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Prior to that, the song was teased in 2023’s Prime Video limited-series thriller “Wilderness” and in Apple TV+’s “The Dynasty: New England Patriots” in 2024. Also in 2023, she contributed “Delicate (Taylor’s Version)” to Prime Video’s “The Summer ...

  • CEO pay jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as profits and stock prices soared

    CEO pay jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as profits and stock prices soared

    May 29, 2025 05:53 PM EST

    ... they are granted. Other top earners in the survey include Lawrence Culp, CEO of what is now GE Aerospace ($87.4 million), Tim Cook at Apple ($74.6 million), David Gitlin at Carrier Global ($65.6 million) and Ted Sarandos at Netflix ($61.9 million). The bulk of those pay ...

  • Why the U.S. is pausing all student visa interviews

    Why the U.S. is pausing all student visa interviews

    May 28, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... student visas a year, including au pairs and professors and all the rest of the good categories, while filtering out a few of the bad apples that they will be able to find. Amna Nawaz: Fanta, separate from the economic argument, you have also said you have concerned about what ...

  • News Wrap: Trump threatens new tariffs on EU imports and iPhones

    News Wrap: Trump threatens new tariffs on EU imports and iPhones

    May 23, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... Trump said he's recommending a 50 percent tariff on all imports from the European Union starting June 1 and a 25 percent tariff on Apple's iPhones unless they're made in America. Speaking to reporters today, the president said talks with the E.U. have been too slow ...

  • 'I'll be watching': Trump tells Walmart to eat the cost of his tariffs instead of raising prices

    'I'll be watching': Trump tells Walmart to eat the cost of his tariffs instead of raising prices

    May 17, 2025 04:47 PM EST

    ... Trump at the White House to discuss tariffs. But the Trump administration went forward despite warnings and has attacked other companies such as Amazon and Apple that are struggling with the disruptions to their supply chains. Walmart chief financial officer John David Rainey said he thinks $350 car seats made ...