Comedian Kevin Hart has been chosen to receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain prize for lifetime achievement in American humour, capping a three-decade career that has seen him rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation's most successful performers.

Steve Bannon, one of former U.S. president Donald Trump's longtime allies and top advisers, has been found guilty on two countsof criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riotat the U.S. Capitol.

David Letterman was celebrated at the Kennedy Center Sunday night for his record run on late-night TV, innovative comedy routines and for helping the nation start to heal by reassuring that it was OK to laugh again after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.