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News Articles: Business

Nearly sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 into law, Congress voted to take back federal funding already promised for the public media system. The Republican majority has accused PBS and NPR of left-leaning bias and being a waste of taxpayer funds.

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  • Analysis

How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era

"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The yard of a house in Chesapeake, Va., displays a sign opposing the construction of data centers.

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  • Business

Why more residents are saying 'No' to AI data centers in their backyard

The world's highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Murphy and
  • Emily Feng
Stephen Colbert at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on April 21, 2024.

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  • Television

CBS will end 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year

Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
An illustration picture taken in London shows a gold-plated souvenir stablecoin issued by Tether.

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  • Business

A 'Crypto Week' win: Congress passes 1st major crypto legislation in the U.S.

It was a remarkable win for the crypto industry — and for President Trump, who campaigned on making the country "the crypto capital of the planet."

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
Former Meta board member and former White House Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients, left, exits the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center after testifying in a shareholders' lawsuit against current and former Meta leaders on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Wilmington, Del.

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  • Business

Settlement reached in investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders

A settlement has been reached in a class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

July 17, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In <em>Empire of the Elite,</em> Michael Grynbaum tracks Condé Nast's decades of cultural dominance up through its decline today. Above, Vogue magazines at a newsstand during VOGUE World: New York in 2022.

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  • Author Interviews

How did Condé Nast go from dominance to decline? A new book explains

For decades, Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair were consequential tastemakers. Writer Michael Grynbaum explores the heyday of these magazines and how they lost their footing.

July 17, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
The Federal Reserve building in Washington D.C.

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  • Economy

A well-run economy needs an independent Federal Reserve, says former reserve bank head

Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent and that fiscal politics should not interfere with monetary policy makers and their decisions.

July 17, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Destinee Adams
President Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

Trump floats firing the Federal Reserve chair as White House criticism boils

President Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would fire Jerome Powell, but also said he discussed the idea with Republican lawmakers who expressed support.

July 16, 2025
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Content creator <a href="https://kiraabboud.com/"target="_blank"   >Kira Abboud</a> shows off "Rich Auntie Outfits" in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DI_gVVfRfCE/?img_index=4"target="_blank"   >recent post</a> on her Instagram account.

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  • Arts & Life

The economy is turbulent for influencers, too — here's how you might see it online

Seesawing tariffs and turbulent financial markets are playing out on social media feeds, impacting the multibillion-dollar influencer industry in what could be a new recession indicator.

July 16, 2025
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  • Kristian Monroe
NPR Headquarters in Washington, DC

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  • News

Senate set to debate cuts to NPR today. And, the effects of tariffs on inflation

The Senate voted yesterday to advance debate on a package to claw back funds allocated for public broadcasting and foreign aid. And, a report shows inflation increased in June.

July 16, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Clothing prices jumped by 1% in June, contributing to a rise in inflation during the month. Imported clothing is one area where the effects of tariffs are beginning to be felt by shoppers.

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  • Economy

Inflation heats up in June as President Trump's tariffs start to bite

Consumer prices were up 2.7% from a year ago — a larger annual increase than the month before.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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  • Business

Planet Money Summer School tackles political economy

In this season of Planet Money Summer School, our free economics course for your ears is tackling the biggest economic player of them all: the government.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Planet Money staff
This image provided by NASA shows Axiom Space crew members from the Ax-4 mission from second left, Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, Axiom Space's Peggy Whitson, India's Shubhanshu Shukla and Hungary's Tibor Kapu aboard the International Space Station, on June 26, 2025.

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  • Space

4 astronauts splashdown on SpaceX capsule to end Axiom Space's private Ax-4 mission

The private crew included Ax-4 mission commander and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. It was her fifth trip to space and extended her record-setting duration to 695 days, the most of any American.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Russell Lewis
An illustration picture taken in London on May 8, 2022, shows a souvenir Tether (USDT) coin, which is one of the world's biggest stablecoins.

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  • Business

Why there's so much excitement around a cryptocurrency called stablecoin

Stablecoins are meant to be a safer type of cryptocurrency. Now, Congress is preparing some rules around it.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
A view of high-voltage transmission towers in Houston. The law President Trump signed on July 4 ends tax incentives for wind and solar projects and is expected to drive up electricity bills across the U.S., according to a nonpartisan think tank.

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  • Climate

Power prices are expected to soar under new tax cut and spending law

In states without policies to drive renewable energy, power prices could surge as federal tax incentives for clean energy disappear, according to Energy Innovation, a think tank.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
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