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Senior Trump adviser Kari Lake, shown above at a conservative conference earlier this year, announced Tuesday night that Voice of America would rely on coverage from the far-right television network OAN. Voice of America employees that Lake put on indefinite leave are suing to be restored to their jobs.

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Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America

Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Percival Everett has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel <em>James.</em>

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'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Andrew Limbong
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • Media

Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Trump orders end of NPR's federal funding. And, judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act

Trump signed an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations of political bias. And, a federal judge ruled Trump's usage of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful.

May 02, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
President Trump tried to fire three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Monday, including Tom Rothman, the chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group.

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  • Media

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

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.

April 29, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leaves Manhattan federal court on Tuesday in New York. A jury has concluded <em>The New York Times </em>did not libel Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error that she says damaged her reputation.

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Jury finds 'The New York Times' did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

A jury concluded that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who had argued that an error in a 2017 Times editorial damaged her reputation.

April 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Voice of America building, June 15, 2020, in Washington.

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  • Media

Judge blocks Trump administration plans to dismantle Voice of America

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the federally funded overseas news outlet.

April 22, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
"60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens, left, shown with executive editor Tanya Simon in 2019. Owens resigned Tuesday, saying corporate leaders were no longer letting him "make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience."

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  • Media

'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised

The longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes resigned Tuesday, as the network's parent company grapples with President Trump's lawsuit over an interview the show did with Kamala Harris last fall.

April 22, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Influencer Mario Nawfal, right, interviewing Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko earlier this year. Lukashenko repeated Russian talking points in the interview about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Technology

How Elon Musk's favorite news influencer is capitalizing on his clout

The Australian crypto entrepreneur now hosts chats with world leaders. "If [he] is sharing a story, there's a good chance that U.S. policymakers are reading it — and acting on it," said one analyst.

April 20, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher testified during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • Media

NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media

Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.

April 16, 2025
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • and 1 more
In March, NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger testified that cutbacks to public media would hurt local member stations.

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  • Media

Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS

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.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Scott Neuman
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigned for the state's U.S. House seat in 2022 with the support of President Trump. She did not win. A retrial of her defamation case against <em>The New York Times</em> is slated to begin Monday.

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  • Media

A retrial of Sarah Palin's case against 'New York Times' begins Monday

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the rare opportunity to retry her defamation case against The New York Times even though she lost it — twice in a 24-hour-period — in early 2022.

April 13, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
For many viewers from China, 49-year-old Chai Jing was at the pinnacle of television news. In 2023, she resurfaced on YouTube, and her program has become one of the most popular overseas Chinese-language news productions.

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  • Asia

Chai Jing: China's Lesley Stahl returns to spotlight on YouTube

Chai Jing's interviews appear to strike a chord back home in China, even as YouTube is blocked in the country and popular platforms have deleted videos repackaging her show.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Wenxin Fan
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, center, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center left, celebrate the conservative network's initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 3.

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  • Media

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

April 09, 2025
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  • Maddy Lauria
NPR's <em>Morning Edition </em>is exploring the state of the First Amendment in a special series.

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  • Media

How the powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media and 'Murder the Truth'

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

April 09, 2025
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  • Michel Martin,
  • Taylor Haney,
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