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Jeanine Herbst
In Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. House Republicans have given final approval to rescind $9 billion of president previously allocated funding, including $1.1 billion intended for NPR and PBS. And Pierre Scott Newman has more.
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Scott Newman
The vote was 216 to 213, with all but two Republicans voting to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which acts as a conduit for federal money directed to public radio and TV. The funds were already allocated for 2026 and 2027. The rescission package also includes 7.9 billion in foreign aid. In a statement, NPR CEO Kathryn Marr said the cuts were an irreversible loss to the public radio system. NPR receives only a few percent of its funding directly from the federal government, but its approximately 1000 member stations receive more and use some of it in turn to pay the network to air its programs. Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington.
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Jeanine Herbst
Facing an uproar among some Republicans over the Jeffrey Epstein files after the Department of Justice said there is no client list, President Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce some grand jury testimony. Such a request would require the approval of a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, where Epstein was charged before dying by suicide in 2019. House Speaker Mike Johnson is among those calling for the information to be made public.
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Mike Johnson
I think he's been very consistent. He wants to release all credible information, and that's in furtherance of his goal and what he stated.
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Jeanine Herbst
Meanwhile, the House last night laid the groundwork for a possible vote, calling on the Justice Department to release material on its investigation into Epstein. But the measure is non binding and it hasn't been scheduled for a vote. Trump has shifted from his previous statement of calling for the calling the files a hoax, calling on Republicans who question his administration's handling of it. Stupid and foolish. More rain is expected to drench parts of the southern U.S. into the weekend. NPR's Matt Bloom reports. The remnants of a slow moving tropical system have moved inland.
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Matt Bloom
The disturbance never gained enough strength to receive a name from the National Hurricane center, but it still dumped up to 10 inches of rain in several parts of Louisiana in recent days, causing flooding and some travel delays. Cities like New Orleans shut down government offices due to the high flood risk. A flood watch remains in effect for almost the entire southern half of the state as remnants continue to move in from the Gulf. The National Weather Service says coastal cities in Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle could also see more flood risk as the system moves north. It's expected to bring the threat of heavy downpours into southern Arkansas and northern Mississippi. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
U.S. futures contracts are trading higher at this hour, all three major indices up 0.1%. This is NPR News. The House has passed three bills on cryptocurrency. One will regulate a type of crypto called stablecoins. It's already passed the Senate and President Trump is expected to sign it today. A separate bill is broader legislation to create a new market structure for crypto through the securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. That's now in the hands of the Senate. This, as Trump has said, he wants to make the US the crypto capital of the world. Late night TV host Stephen Colbert has made a surprising announcement that CBS is ending his show next spring. As NPR's Mandalito Barco reports, the network says it was a purely financial decision.
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Mandalit Del Barco
The live audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater was not happy to hear Stephen Colbert deliver the news that this will be his show's final season.
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Stephen Colbert
Yeah, I share your feelings. It's not just the end of our show, but it's the end of the Late show on cbs. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away.
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Mandalit Del Barco
Colbert has hosted the show since 2015, taking over for David Letterman. The news comes shortly after CBS paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by then presidential candidate Donald Trump, who Colbert regularly skewers in his monologues. In a statement, the network said ending the show was a financial decision and, quote, not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matter happening at Paramount. That's CBS's parent company, Mandalit Del Barco, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
And I'm Jeanine Herbst. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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