• Writing a bill in private by either party is not unusual

    Writing a bill in private by either party is not unusual

    Jun 20, 2017 10:57 AM EST

    ... not the original bill. I think that's the difference. The general parameters of the bill were widely known." Democrats said they were planning to start forcing procedural votes to slow the Senate down, making floor speeches and taking other steps to call public attention to McConnell's effort. Democrats ...

  • 19 summer books that will keep you up all night reading

    19 summer books that will keep you up all night reading

    May 26, 2017 09:00 PM EST

    y Lizzy Goodman Just like every other twenty-something, I moved to New York right around the time all these bands were getting their start. Despite their annoying attitudes, it was pretty magical and electric feeling. Maybe it was the music? Maybe it was just that I was living in ...

  • Few people can name five female artists -- can you?

    Few people can name five female artists -- can you?

    Mar 30, 2017 09:28 PM EST

    ... there,” Jane Verity of Artfinder said. “But at least 50 percent of the art we have is from women. So it felt like we should start shouting about it.” NWMA is shouting about it, too. Over the last month, its #5WomenArtists campaign has attracted participation from 500 organizations in 30 ...

  • House Republicans will try again on health care bill, Paul Ryan says

    House Republicans will try again on health care bill, Paul Ryan says

    Mar 28, 2017 04:13 PM EST

    ... and join us in fixing" Obama's law, Cornyn said. He said he didn't expect that to happen until "our Democratic friends have to start answering to the people who are being hurt by the failures of Obamacare." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats will ...

  • What the White House can do to help HBCUs thrive

    What the White House can do to help HBCUs thrive

    Mar 01, 2017 01:18 AM EST

    to start thinking out of the box, because, as you said, HBCUs don't have the endowment that the Ivies do or even some of the big schools like you or I went to. They just don't have it. (CROSSTALK) JOHNNY TAYLOR: That's right. SOPHIA NELSON: And so ...

  • Carrie Fisher, 'Star Wars' icon, dead at 60

    Carrie Fisher, 'Star Wars' icon, dead at 60

    Dec 27, 2016 06:01 PM EST

    ... several autobiographical books, including her eighth and final book "The Princess Diarist." Released in November, the memoir digs up diaries she kept while filming the start of the "Star Wars" trilogy. However Fisher felt about her place in the galaxy, Leia provided a through-line in her career. "I've ...

  • Licensing medical marijuana stirs up trouble for states

    Licensing medical marijuana stirs up trouble for states

    Dec 24, 2016 06:32 PM EST

    ... process. We’re doing it by chance,” said Tom Salow, who is in charge of licensing for the state health department, which oversees medical marijuana. Taylor West with the National Cannabis Industry Association said lotteries have some benefits. They make the decision less subjective and help allay concerns of political ...

  • This Trump-in-law may lose millions if Obamacare is repealed

    This Trump-in-law may lose millions if Obamacare is repealed

    Nov 18, 2016 01:07 PM EST

    ... day Vanderbilt,” “the boy wonder VC,” and “your mother’s dream man.” He’s dating the supermodel Karlie Kloss, who’s perhaps best known as Taylor Swift’s best friend — and who posted a photo of herself on Instagram last week voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hashtag #ImWithHer.” (Josh ...

  • Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 82

    Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 82

    Nov 11, 2016 01:37 PM EST

    Leonard Cohen's songs on love, spirituality, human connection and mortality marked some of the most important moments in contemporary music.

  • Trump and Clinton bombard battleground states in final push

    Trump and Clinton bombard battleground states in final push

    Nov 08, 2016 12:24 AM EST

    The weekend before Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traversed the country in a last effort to bring their messages home to voters. Polls currently show Clinton up by three to six points but also suggest Trump has made it close in a number of battleground states. John Yang follows the Clinton campaign trail...