House lawmakers were briefed Wednesday about the potential outcome of a U.S.-China war over Taiwan within the next two years, as the global superpower increasingly encroaches on U.S. allies.
Luke Combs and Eric Church raised over $24 million for victims of Hurricane Helene in their home state of North Carolina. Combs and Church honored those affected during the CMA Awards.
Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling" won.