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2025 TCM Classic Film Festival Day 4 – Sunday

Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members

1:38pm April 29, 2025

Hours after President Trump tried to remove three board members, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting responds with a lawsuit arguing he does not have that authority.

Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS

12:18pm April 15, 2025

Trump and GOP members of Congress accuse the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. Trump plans a rescission, giving Congress 45 days to approve it or allow funding to be restored.

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Opinion: A Toast to Sarah Lucy Oliver

8:00am March 29, 2025

NPR's Scott Simon celebrates Weekend Edition's Executive Producer, Sarah Lucy Oliver, who is retiring.

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Can't-miss interviews: The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, John Green, Amanda Knox

7:00am March 29, 2025

We spoke to Jeffrey Goldberg about the Signal group chat, author John Green played a game of Wild Card and a columnist explains why critics were so angry about Meghan Markle's new show.

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How NPR covers itself when it's in the news

1:48pm March 26, 2025

When NPR is in the news, its journalists aim to cover what's happening the same way they cover other news or an organization. The newsroom follows a protocol that seeks to ensure only a small number of employees, none of whom are directly involved in the news event, works on the coverage.

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4 takeaways from PBS and NPR's testimony on Capitol Hill

9:19am March 26, 2025

The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming.

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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat

7:01pm March 25, 2025

A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.

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NPR's chief diversity officer to retire, with DEI in the political spotlight

1:07pm February 26, 2025

Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced he'll retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years at NPR, as the issue he has championed takes center stage in political discourse.

John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

1:22pm August 16, 2024

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

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Opinion: Remembering our colleague and friend, Ina Jaffe

8:00am August 03, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Ina Jaffe, who first edited this program and later reported on seniors for NPR. Jaffe died this week at the age of 75.

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