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Trump’s EPA says climate pollution doesn’t endanger people : NPR
Climate July 24, 20255:00 AM ET, Heard on Morning Edition By Jeff Brady, 3-Minute Listen, Transcript The Trump administration wants to overturn a key 2009 Environmental Protection Agency finding that underpins much of the federal government’s actions to rein in climate change. The EPA has crafted a proposal that would undo the government’s “endangerment finding,”…
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Trump administration shuts down EPA’s scientific research arm : NPR
Updated July 20, 20257:13 PM ET By Rob Stein The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to shutter the agency’s scientific research arm that provides expertise for environmental policies and regulations, as part of the Trump administration’s continuing downsizing of the federal government. The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers…
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Tell us about the books that shaped you : NPR
Tell us about the books that shaped you July 21, 20259:00 AM ET, By Meghan Collins Sullivan, Beth Novey In recent years, book bans have focused a lot of attention on what some people think kids shouldn’t read in school. But what about what they should? As we head into the 2025-2026 school year, we’d like…
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Congress votes to strip more than $1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS
Jul 18, 2025 – Politics & Policy Congress votes to strip more than $1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS – Axios By Sara Fischer Congress on Friday voted to cut nearly $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, marking a devastating blow for PBS and NPR. Why it matters: The…
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How PBS, NPR lost funding — and bipartisan support — under Trump : NPR
Analysis, July 18, 20255:00 AM ET By David Folkenflik When President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke after signing the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, he marveled at technologies like radio and television and satellites, and echoed the words of Samuel Morse in sending the first telegraph message. “What hath man wrought?” Johnson asked. “And how will…
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How ‘y’all’ took over modern English : NPR
July 16, 20255:00 AM ET, Heard on All Things Considered By Bill Chappell 2-Minute Listen Transcript Sorry, yinz. Fuhgeddaboudit, you guys: In the past 20 years or so, “y’all” has gone from being a Southernism to become America’s favorite way to use the second person plural, according to linguists. “Y’all has won,” says Paul E. Reed,…
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Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say | CNN Business
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Trump doesn’t have power to cut off public broadcasters, despite order – Las Vegas Sun
Trump doesn’t have power to cut off public broadcasters, despite order, Federal funding a fraction of budget for PBS, NPR BEHIND THE NEWS Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and…
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