• Ben Folds on taking a stand for artistic freedom after Trump's Kennedy Center takeover

    Ben Folds on taking a stand for artistic freedom after Trump's Kennedy Center takeover

    Oct 30, 2025 10:15 PM EST

    ... loved doing that work. I was sad to leave. Amna Nawaz: Yes. Ben Folds: I'd like to see the NSO not sort of held hostage into place, but they won that one and they have got it. So those like me are probably taking this stuff out to other ...

  • WATCH: Duffy warns of holiday travel disruptions if shutdown doesn't end soon

    WATCH: Duffy warns of holiday travel disruptions if shutdown doesn't end soon

    Oct 30, 2025 08:18 PM EST

    ... talk about regulatory policy, but not at the point of a gun," he added. "You do not get to take the American people's government hostage and then demand that we give you everything you want in order to pay our air traffic controllers." Duffy warns of Thanksgiving travel woes ...

  • Key details emerge in Louvre jewel heist as 5 more are arrested

    Key details emerge in Louvre jewel heist as 5 more are arrested

    Oct 30, 2025 03:12 PM EST

    ... includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise as a wedding gift, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara. Only one relic has surfaced so far — Eugénie’s crown, damaged but salvageable, dropped in the ...

  • News Wrap: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 2nd time this year

    News Wrap: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 2nd time this year

    Oct 29, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... were in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli soldier in Southern Gaza, as well as a violation by Hamas related to the return of hostage remains. They were the deadliest attacks since the cease-fire started earlier this month. In Brazil, officials say the death toll from a massive ...

  • Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104

    Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104

    Oct 29, 2025 01:40 PM EST

    ... hostages amid the vast destruction in Gaza, while Israel has accused the militant group of purposely delaying their return. There are still 13 bodies of hostages in Gaza and their slow return is complicating efforts to proceed to the ceasefire's next phases, which addresses even thornier issues, including the ...

  • Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel launches strikes after it says Hamas attacked soldiers

    Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel launches strikes after it says Hamas attacked soldiers

    Oct 28, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... was the first violation, they claim, of that cease-fire. They're saying there was a second violation too related to the bodies of deceased hostages? What's going on there? Nick Schifrin: Yes, so, overnight, Hamas transferred the remains of a body that Israel says it already partially recovered ...

  • Pressure to end shutdown ramps up on Nov. 1, ex-Trump White House official says

    Pressure to end shutdown ramps up on Nov. 1, ex-Trump White House official says

    Oct 28, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... say the third piece of this is, honestly, I think the White House sees the president traveling to Asia. They have seen him have a hostage deal in the Middle East. And he's dealing with international issues that kind of seem to be rising above the dysfunction of Congress ...

  • Ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame in Gaza

    Ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame in Gaza

    Oct 28, 2025 04:56 PM EST

    ... clearly shows that the Hamas terrorist organization is attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies, while in fact holding deceased hostages whose remains it refuses to release as required by the agreement,” the Israeli army said in a statement. Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian called ...

  • Israel's top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force

    Israel's top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force

    Oct 27, 2025 08:26 PM EST

    The ceasefire agreement calls for Israeli troops to gradually withdraw from more areas of Gaza as the international force “establishes control and stability” and as Hamas militants disarm. Exchange of Gaza hostages and Palestinian bodies in Israel continues In exchange for the returned dead hostages, Israel has so far handed ...

  • What to know about the Louvre heist investigation after 2 arrests

    What to know about the Louvre heist investigation after 2 arrests

    Oct 27, 2025 05:54 PM EST

    ... to ride a lift up the side of the museum, smash display cases and steal eight objects worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) on Oct. 19. The haul included a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.