If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price Much of the country has little access to local news, with public media filling the void – and serving as a lifeline The Guardian - US · Jun 6, 2025
If Viewers Love PBS So Much, Let Them Pay for It A new study on the trustworthiness of PBS fails to persuade. Reason · Jun 5, 2025
Trump pushes Congress to cut $9.4bn in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid White House seeks to enshrine cuts Musk-led agency flagged, $8.3bn from state and USAID and $1.1bn from media The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025
Trump demands Congress back DOGE’s $9.4 billion cuts to USAID and PBS Clawback proposal seeks to continue DOGE-style cuts as Elon Musk leaves administration post The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025
Meta wants to replace its human workers with AI to review privacy and societal risks Up to 90% of risk assessments could become automated. Other companies like Klarna, Salesforce, and Duolingo are looking at job shifts in the face of AI. Fortune · Jun 2, 2025
NPR lawsuit aims to strike a blow for press freedom against Trump’s attacks Lawsuit challenges president’s move to cut federal funding as station says it is ‘matter of necessity and principle’ The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2025
PBS accuses Trump of ‘blatant viewpoint discrimination’ in lawsuit over funding cut The lawsuit follows a similar complaint filed by NPR earier this week The Independent UK · May 30, 2025
‘We’re finally getting it DONE’, says Marjorie Taylor Greene after her big achievement of being the most ineffective member of Congress The reality is far less impressive. We Got This Covered · May 29, 2025
Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda - Roll Call The Trump administration is about to embark on the next phase of its plans to downsize the federal government with a broader budget request. Roll Call · May 29, 2025
NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut public media funding The lawsuit alleges that Trump is acting to contravene the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private non-profit corporation set up to distribute federal funding to NPR and PBS, which is intended to insulate the system from political interference. Euronews · May 27, 2025
NPR fights back against Trump order NPR lawsuit says Trump executive order infringes on First Amendment Salon · May 27, 2025
‘Retaliatory, viewpoint-based discrimination’: Donald Trump sued over funding cuts, alleged First Amendment violation His opponent isn't taking the funding cuts sitting down. We Got This Covered · May 27, 2025
Two words keep cropping up with Elon Musk’s business promises: ‘Next year’ The world’s richest man is accused of overpromising when it comes to his businesses The Independent UK · May 27, 2025
The Independent UK · May 27, 2025 NPR sues Trump over ‘textbook retaliation’ for slashing funds: ‘This wolf comes as a wolf’ ‘The Executive Order is a clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment's protections for freedom of speech and association, and freedom of the press,’ NPR chief Katherine Maher said in a statement
The Independent UK · May 27, 2025 The Latest: NPR and stations file lawsuit against Trump, arguing ending federal funding is illegal National Public Radio and three local stations filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal
Salon · May 26, 2025 Intimidating the free press gets pricey Democracy dies when billionaires own and threaten media
The Guardian - US · May 22, 2025 FBI whistleblower claims he tried to get to Musk to warn him he was being targeted by Russia Johnathan Buma, who was arrested in March and is out on bail, claims in new interview that efforts to target Musk were ‘intense’
Salon · May 19, 2025 Trump is treating the economy like COVID The White House prepares to falsify data and cook the books in order to sell their schemes to the American people
Salon · May 18, 2025 The MAGA war on PBS is not about money The latest GOP push to defund public media won't save much cash. But it will disadvantage poor and rural kids
Fortune · May 12, 2025 'This is not Theranos 2.0': Elizabeth Holmes' partner is the CEO behind new blood-testing startup Billy Evans, partner of incarcerated Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has reportedly raised millions for a startup called Haemanthus.
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination
The Conversation · May 8, 2025 The attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom and democracy In a disturbing parallel between two countries, President Donald Trump’s recent attack on the two largest public broadcasters in the United States mirrors threats to Canada’s own public broadcaster that were recently dodged by the electoral defeat of Conservative Pierre Poilievre.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Kari Lake announces partnership between far-right OAN and Voice of America to distribute pro-Trump message ‘Kari Lake providing One America News Network to our global audiences makes a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism,’ former USAGM Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner said in response
Reason · May 7, 2025 NPR Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump's IEEPA Tariffs Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.