• Glenn Close, Barry Jenkins, Bing Liu reflect on Hollywood ahead of Oscars

    Glenn Close, Barry Jenkins, Bing Liu reflect on Hollywood ahead of Oscars

    Feb 24, 2019 05:11 PM EST

    ... season. “You know, I think we all kind of know more or less what the results are going to be and so you really legitimately start to celebrate your peers,” Jenkins said. “And I think you know you look across the room to see all these people — some of whom ...

  • WATCH: Fed chair makes announcement on interest-rate outlook

    WATCH: Fed chair makes announcement on interest-rate outlook

    Jan 30, 2019 05:06 PM EST

    ... describe the Fed's outlook toward future hikes, Powell has stressed there's no "preset course" for rate increases. The Fed, in other words, will tailor its rate policy to the latest economic data. In its statement Wednesday, the Fed said, "In light of global economic and financial developments and ...

  • AP report: Yemen's food donations are being snatched from the starving

    AP report: Yemen's food donations are being snatched from the starving

    Dec 31, 2018 06:44 PM EST

    ... for five days before his tiny body gave up. His father and 16 members of his family have moved at least six times since the start of the war. Before, the father said, he had been a tailor, earning enough to feed his family meat, chicken and vegetables. He said ...

  • Inside Milan’s Casa Verdi, where musicians retire in harmony

    Inside Milan’s Casa Verdi, where musicians retire in harmony

    Nov 10, 2018 10:09 PM EST

    ... concerts and musicians. CHRISTOPHER LIVESAY, Milan, Italy: Verdi called this retirement home the finest of his life’s work. And walking through these halls, you start to understand why. It’s impossible to go anywhere without hearing the sound of music. You also see musical references in every corner. In ...

  • What will come from the unusual, on-camera immigration meeting?

    What will come from the unusual, on-camera immigration meeting?

    Jan 09, 2018 11:50 PM EST

    ... from it, I'm joined by our own John Yang and Lisa Desjardins. And thank you for being here. And, John, I'm going to start with you. I have been in Washington a long time. I have covered a lot of meetings. This one was different. John Yang: Absolutely ...

  • Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy

    Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy

    Oct 19, 2017 02:15 AM EST

    ... We are confronted daily not simply with outrage, but a kind of end-of-worldism: America is on the brink of dictatorship; Trump is going start World War III; the president’s access to the nuclear codes might actually destroy the universe; if he manages to control his impulses, then ...

  • Column: 5 tips on how to stretch your donation dollars

    Column: 5 tips on how to stretch your donation dollars

    Sep 04, 2017 07:28 PM EST

    ... in the relief effort. Support established nonprofits Sometimes new groups sprout up to respond to catastrophes like the ones now unfolding in Texas that seem tailor-made for supporting people in distress but have some shortcomings. When I studied the philanthropic response after the 9/11 attacks, I found that ...

  • Shields and Brooks on the Senate health care bill unveiled, Trump’s tape clarification

    Shields and Brooks on the Senate health care bill unveiled, Trump’s tape clarification

    Jun 24, 2017 12:11 AM EST

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. David, let me start with you. Let's start talking about the health care plan that the Senate rolled out this week. You surprised at what ...

  • This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home

    This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home

    Apr 06, 2017 08:51 PM EST

    Brian Dowdall, whose paintings are "doomed to make you smile," has been steadily collecting the work of other outsider artists nearly all his life.

  • While Trump talks tough, U.S. quietly cutting nuclear force

    While Trump talks tough, U.S. quietly cutting nuclear force

    Mar 19, 2017 01:42 PM EST

    The Air Force is shrinking its deployed force of land-based nuclear missiles as part of a holdover Obama administration plan to comply with an arms control treaty with Russia.