Author: Emily Heil
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A year into the presidency, Melania Trump raises her profile
WASHINGTON – Donald and Melania Trump’s remarkably separate daily routines begin with him getting up around 5:30 a.m., watching cable news shows and tweeting. The first lady wakes in her own bedroom a bit later, according to two close friends of the Trumps. She then readies their 12-year-old son for school, including checking to make…
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White House staff to skip correspondents’ dinner in ‘solidarity’ with Trump
President Trump isn’t alone in his war on the media — members of the White House staff plan to skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in “solidarity” with their boss, who last month said he would forgo the journalists’ annual dinner. Word of the White House boycott of the annual dinner, a tradition that…
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Some Eagles fans are upset that Kennedy Center Honors omit former band members
When the Kennedy Center doles out those coveted rainbow-striped medals Sunday to members of the legendary rock outfit the Eagles, some of the band’s fans won’t have the warm fuzzies. Some Eagles devotees are upset about the Kennedy Center’s decision to give the award to four members of the Eagles (Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy…
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5 minutes with singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris
Some people take up arms for a cause; Emmylou Harris picks up her guitar. The singer-songwriter has been touring the country with shows aimed at raising awareness of the global refugee crisis – and money for the aid organization Jesuit Refugee Service. We caught up with Harris to talk about helping people locate their “compassion…