An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing ...

Tom Cruise was not among the recipients at this year's Kennedy Center Honors, and the reason for his absence has finally been ...

The White House announced the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees, naming performers, including one iconic Texan, who shaped ...

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Hollywood icon Tom Cruise is currently making headlines for reportedly declining the Kennedy Center Honor. The 63-year-old ...

Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here. Jeremy Mikula is the weekend director of platforms for NBC News. Nigel Chiwaya is the Senior Editor, Data Viz for NBC News ...

For more than 47 years, a D.C.-area family has made the medals for the Kennedy Center Honors – gold-plated medallions outfitted with satin ribbons in rainbow colors and presented to luminaries ...

Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to receive a Kennedy Center Honor this ...

Tom Cruise has reportedly turned down a 2025 Kennedy Center Honor, surprising fans and organizers. As reported by The Washington Post on August 13, 2025, this decision is due to scheduling conflicts ...

Days after Donald Trump announced that he was temporarily seizing control D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, residents ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford ...

Tom Cruise won’t be standing among this year’s Kennedy Center honorees. The Hollywood star was invited but declined, officially pointing to a “scheduling conflict.” It sounds straightforward, but the ...