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Don Cheadle Is Bringing The Story Of Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire To The Big Screen

Don Cheadle will follow up last year’s Miles Davis biopic with a project that sheds light on another real life hero of cultural significance.

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Obesity in Hispanic Adolescents Linked to Nearly Sixfold Increase in High Blood Pressure

Obesity raises the prevalence of high blood pressure among adolescents but the increase is particularly pronounced among Hispanics compared to white, African-American or Asian ethnic groups, according to a study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Results were published in the journal Pediatrics.

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Trump to Thank Atlanta's 'heroic' First Responders in I-85 Collapse

The first responders who helped prevent any injuries in Atlanta's fiery highway collapse were scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump, according to the White House.

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Trump's Stunning U-Turns On NATO, China, Russia and Syria

Within a few hours of extraordinary political shape-shifting, President Donald Trump abandoned stances that were at the bedrock of his establishment-bashing campaign.

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Talks Continue On Health Care, But No Deal Yet

After Republican House leaders failed to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in the last congressional session, the White House is claiming it is taking a more active role in moving the negotiations along -- encouraging private talks between the conservative House Freedom Caucus and moderate Tuesday Group.

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Obama To Visit Merkel During Trump's First European Trip

Obama's presidential foundation said the recently departed commander-in-chief would join German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to mark the Protestant church's 500th anniversary, his first public appearance abroad since leaving office. Obama was invited to attend last year, while he was still in the White House, according to former administration officials.

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Trump: Rupert Murdoch treats me better than Roger Ailes did

The president has been heard on multiple occasions talking about how Fox's coverage of him has become more positive since Murdoch took the reins at the network, sources at both the White House and Fox News told CNNMoney.

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Sandra Bland’s Mom Returns To Texas To Urge Police Reforms

The mother of a black woman who died in a jail near Houston following a confrontational traffic stop in 2015 returned to Texas on Tuesday to back a sweeping police reform bill named after her daughter that influential law enforcement groups are fighting.

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Don Cheadle Tackling Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s 1st Black Millionaire

Don Cheadle has acquired the film and TV rights to “Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire” by Shane White, with plans to adapt the 2015 book as a starring vehicle. Steven Baigelman, who worked with Cheadle on the Miles Davis biopic “Miles Ahead,” is reteaming with the actor and will write the script for the drama.

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Haley Says Russia is 'nervous' And an 'island' After Assad Attack

Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations, is characterizing Russia as skittish and isolated in the wake of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's deadly chemical weapons attack last week that killed scores of civilians, including children.

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Russia's Lavrov Warns US Over Syria in Heated Start to Talks

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began a meeting with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson in Moscow with a warning -- do not strike the Syrian regime again.

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5 Things for Wednesday, April 12: Russia, United Airlines, North Korea, Germany

Who would have thought air travel and local elections could be so fascinating? Well, here we are, and here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Never fear, traumatized airline passengers: Congress is coming!

It's unlikely that the first thing that ran through your mind the first time you saw the now-ubiquitous video of a man being forcibly dragged off a United flight because it had been overbooked was, "I wonder what Congress is going to do about this?!"

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When Will Justice Anthony Kennedy retire?

With Justice Neil Gorsuch sworn in and the Supreme Court's 422-day era-of-eight over, attention has turned to Anthony Kennedy, the jurist who administered Gorsuch's oath at the White House ceremony and on whose key vote the law in America has long turned.

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Eric Trump: Ivanka Influenced Syria Strike Decision

President Donald Trump has said that the horrific images from a chemical weapons attack in Syria compelled him to authorize a missile strike against an Assad-regime airbase last week. But according to his son, Eric Trump, another key White House voice may have also influenced his decision to use military force.

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Eric Trump Just Said Something Very Revealing About Ivanka's White House Role

The Trump White House is at once decidedly leaky and totally unknowable. We know there's lots of jockeying and infighting among President Trump's top advisers, but what we don't really know is what specific roles each of them play or who, at any given time, has the President's ear.

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Tax Reform Decoded: What You Need To Know

Republicans and the White House may have a hard time muscling through a full tax code overhaul this year. But there will be plenty of debates and mudslinging over tax reform while they try.

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White House Grapples with How to Sell Trump's First 100Days

President Donald Trump's communications staff, facing the prospect of having to spin a largely win-less first 100 days in office, is grappling with how to tout the new President's first months on the job.

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Egypt Cabinet OKs State of Emergency after Palm Sunday Church Bombings

A day after brazen ISIS attacks killed dozens at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, Egypt's Cabinet announced a three-month state of emergency, a measure designed to help authorities root out the terror network.

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ProPublica, Daily News, Post's Fahrenthold Win Pulitzers

The New York Daily News and ProPublica are the twin recipients of this year's Pulitzer Prize for public service.