What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Is Trump Seizing Control of It

WATCH: What you need to know about the 97th Academy Awards

ABC News' Whit Johnson breaks down what you need to know ahead of the 97th Academy Awards. Ten best picture nominees, five for best director and 20 hopefuls competing for the acting honors.

ABC News - 5h

What Would the Church Say About End-of-Life Decisions for a Pope?

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made known his own wishes should he face such a crossroads.

The New York Times - 5h

What to Know About Israel’s Decision to Halt Aid to Gaza

The move was apparently part of a bid to force Hamas into accepting a temporary extension of a cease-fire and releasing more hostages.

The New York Times - 55m

Oscars 2025: What to know about the 5 best actress nominees

This year's best actress nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo and Karla Sofía Gascón.

ABC News - 2h

Oscars 2025: What to know about the 5 best actor nominees

Here is everything to know about the best actor nominees at the 2025 Oscars.

ABC News - 2h

Israel has cut off all supplies to Gaza. Here's what that means

Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza in an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of its war with Hamas

ABC News - 50m

2 women an a child among 4 people killed in explosion at a house in northwestern Syria

Syrian first responders say some unexploded ordnance blew up inside a home in the country's northwest, killing four people, including two women and a child

ABC News - Feb. 20

House Republicans representing large shares of Medicaid, SNAP beneficiaries face tough budget test

Some Republicans have raised concerns about potential cuts to anti-poverty programs that their constituents rely on as they search for ways to pay for Trump’s legislative agenda.

NBC News - Feb. 21

Where did the home buyers go? 7% mortgage rates sap any remaining energy from the housing market

Home buyers are still struggling with affordability, the National Association of Realtors said.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

Gov. Lujan Grisham sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts in House GOP budget plan

While President Trump insists he won't touch Medicaid, his agenda in Congress tells a very different story. The House is set to vote on a spending plan that could cut Medicaid funding by hundreds ...

CBS News - 5d

Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi may already be eyeing a new house in the U.K.

The couple have only been living in the U.K. for a few months, but new reports suggest that there are issues with the $18 million farmhouse they initially moved into.

MarketWatch - 4d

House narrowly adopts GOP budget proposal. Here's where there could be major cuts.

The House adopted a budget proposal on Tuesday night, a first step in paving the way for President Trump's legislative agenda. More than $800 billion in spending cuts are under consideration, and ...

CBS News - 4d

House and Senate GOP approved competing budget plans. Now comes the hard part.

House and Senate Republicans have voted to approve competing budget measures to pass portions of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Now comes the hard part.

NBC News - 3d

Georgia House keeps hate crimes protection as it seeks to restrict transgender sports participation

Georgia’s state House has backed away from changes to the state’s hate crimes law that could have removed protections for crimes against transgender people

ABC News - 3d

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over 'foreign censorship' of speech

The House committee is concerned that foreign laws around online content "have limited Americans' access to lawful speech" in the U.S.

CNBC - 2d

Mortgage rates are falling, but it’s not helping sell more homes. Are lower house prices next?

Homebuilder stocks are in a bear market, as lower mortgage rates and continued rate discounts haven’t improved demand.

MarketWatch - 1d

Mortgage rates are falling. Here’s how much income you need now to buy a house for $250,000, $400,000 and $1 million.

Mortgage rates fell for the sixth week in a row, offering more financial relief to home buyers.

MarketWatch - 1d

Why Walmart’s warning may have more to do with weight-loss drugs than tariffs

Walmart’s stock fell Thursday as quarterly earnings were expected to decline for the first time in three years, with strength in groceries and GLP-1 drug sales continuing to pressure margins.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

Volk-Lopes, Chandler-Paddy, Pitbull's debut and more: Why UFC 314 has just become the best card of 2025

Would we see Ilia Topuria vs. Islam Makhachev fight later this year? Is UFC 314 the best card since UFC 300 a year ago? Brett Okamoto and Andreas Hale break down the two upcoming PPVs.

ESPN - Feb. 21

The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?

The Oscars are more international than ever

ABC News - Feb. 21

Why Victor Wembanyama’s scary diagnosis is different than the one Chris Bosh faced

A well-known sports injury doctor explains that the Spurs' extensive mileage is likely not to blame for Wembanyama’s newly discovered condition.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 21

Crypto exchange Bybit suffers $1.4 billion hack. Here’s why it’s troubling for the industry.

The hack of Bybit is the latest incident in which the crypto industry has been targeted.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang

An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy…. ...

The Guardian - Feb. 22

Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock, but doesn’t explain why in annual letter

The mystery over Warren Buffett’s surprisingly defensive stance deepened over the weekend.

NBC News - Feb. 22

Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock, but doesn't explain why in annual letter

"The great majority of your money remains in equities," Buffett wrote in his highly-anticipated annual letter. "That preference won't change."

CNBC - Feb. 22

De'Vondre Campbell not revealing why he quit on 49ers: 'I know the truth and don’t care to clear anything up'

Campbell left the team's Week 15 game and did not return.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 22

Even Warren Buffett is struggling with this stock market. Here’s one big reason why.

Investors will be looking closely at Berkshire Hathaway’s cash position.

MarketWatch - Feb. 22

Hunter Schafer on why she spoke out about being issued a male passport

Hunter Schafer says “it’s important to just keep track of where things are in our country,” a day after the “Euphoria” star posted a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued ...

ABC News - Feb. 22

Lakers' LeBron James explains why his connection with Luka Dončić 'fits perfectly'

Dončić and James connected for their first alley-oop in Saturday's win over the Nuggets

CBS Sports - Feb. 23

Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated. ‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable ...

The Guardian - Feb. 23

How the FDA's approval for food additives works, and why experts say a loophole allows companies to bypass it

Experts say that for decades, a legal loophole has allowed companies to include chemical additives that could be potentially dangerous to consumers' health.

CNBC - Feb. 23

Should Astros trade for Nolan Arenado? Three reasons why a deal may not be the right move for Houston

The Astros have reportedly restarted negotiations with the Cardinals after they fell apart earlier this winter

CBS Sports - Feb. 23

Just months after puncture wound injury, Mikaela Shiffrin shows why she's the GOAT

Mikaela Shiffrin once again proves she's the greatest -- and perhaps the most resilient athlete of all time too -- winning her 100th World Cup title.

ESPN - Feb. 23

Steph reveals why he hit ‘night night' celly so early in Warriors' win

Warriors star Steph Curry revealed what prompted his premature "night night" celebration in Golden State's blowout 126-102 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday at Chase Center.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 23

Fox has a successful streaming brand in Tubi. So why is it launching another video app?

Tubi had more hours streamed in December than Paramount+, Peacock or Max, and it just helped deliver the Super Bowl’s biggest audience.

MarketWatch - 6d

'I want to get the truth out there' - 14-year-old Southport survivor on why she is speaking now

A teenager who survived the Southport attack has told the BBC she wants to speak out to get "the truth out there".

BBC News - 6d

Why we should stop wishing we were special – and celebrate being ordinary

Trying to dazzle others with our brilliance all the time can lead us into dark places and take us further away from who we really are. Many of us suffer from a wish to be special. We toil away in ...

The Guardian - 6d

Here's why Chinese warships near Australia and New Zealand have prompted alarm

An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted reproval from leaders in both countries about the amount of warning given

ABC News - 6d

Why the Apollo economist who coined ‘no landing’ now sees intensifying risks to the U.S. economy

Policy uncertainty is no friend to animal spirits, says a leading economist.

MarketWatch - 6d

My petty gripe: you have 400 parks to picnic in, why would you choose an off-leash dog area?

Almost every time I unclip my dog, it seems, he can find and inhale the literal poisons laid out by carefree picnickers in defiance of signage. My beautiful stupid boy. So long and brave as he ...

The Guardian - 6d

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