The journalists I know at NPR and PBS are among the best in the business -- smart, open minded, independent and totally professional. Trump made clear in the Oval today that what he wants are journalists who will tell him his policies are "wonderful," not ask tough questions.

They sent Harvard a self-contradictory list of demands it couldn’t possibly meet to spark this fight. And now they are going nuclear as they had intended from the start. Every single non-profit in the country should come to Harvard’s defense: cnn.com/2025/04/16/pol…

News: NPR’s Tom Bowman and Quil Lawrence report that administration is weighing replacing Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth after a run of scandals More:

Big scoop from Chris Bao: visas of one grad student, one postdoc were revoked in early April. Unlike other schools, Princeton did not send campus or international-student-wide messages notifications of the changes. dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/0…

Federal Judge blocks Trump administration plans to dismantle Voice of America story by ⁦Emily Feng 冯哲芸⁩ npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-…

HOLY SHIT! Did you see the end of 60 Minutes tonight?

TONIGHT: NPR CEO Katherine Maher tells Jordan Klepper why defunding public media would hurt all Americans

The United States economy is one quarter away from a recession. Economy shrank 0.3% in the first three months of 2025 from a year ago, reversing sharply from an annual 2.4% growth registered in the last three months of 2024 under then President Biden. npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-…

At 9 a.m. the 26th story on the Fox News website is the economy contracted in the first three months of this year. foxnews.com

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Congratulations to the The Baltimore Banner Local news is a bedrock of an informed public and a democracy.

A tiny Maryland town voted overwhelmingly for Trump. They liked his pledge to cut waste. Then FEMA cancelled classes at the National Fire Academy, which trains firefighters across the country & is part of the town's identity. npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-…

US Senator Murkowski, a moderate Republican, writes in support of public media in her home state of Alaska

Source: freep.com/story/opinion/…

Charged, investigated or threatened with investigation by Trump or his team just in recent days: Letitia James Andrew Cuomo LaMonica McIver Kamala Harris Bruce Springsteen Beyonce Bono Oprah Winfrey James Comey Unnamed "treasonous" Biden aides City of Chicago Kennedy Center

President Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff last week who was headed to prison for a decade on bribery charges. The sheriff's constituents -- including Trump supporters -- say the pardon is "a terrific mistake." npr.org/2025/06/02/nx-…

Trump to Congress: kill funding for PBS, NPR and public broadcasters My story for NPR npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-…