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Ken Burns speaks during the PBS segment of the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour.

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Filmmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression'

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children's programming.

Filmmaker Ken Burns on how cuts to funding for public media could affect Americans

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Masaki Suda as Ryosuke Yoshii in Cloud.

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You'll find a gripping new internet thriller in the 'Cloud'

 Fresh Air

The internet and its discontents run wild in a new film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a prolifically offbeat Japanese filmmaker who's spent the last four decades putting subversive spins on traditional genres.

You'll find a gripping new internet thriller in the 'Cloud'

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on July 17, 2025.

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The Americas

Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor ahead of trial

Authorities in Brazil, worried that the former far right president is a flight risk, are imposing new restrictions on his movements. The tough surveillance moves come as President Trump continues to voice strong support for the ex-leader who is facing charges of plotting a coup to stay in power.

Brazil’s Supreme Court puts ankle monitor on Bolsonaro ahead of coup trial

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More than 60 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 into law, Congress is voting on whether 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.

More than 60 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 into law, Congress is voting on whether 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. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption

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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.

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Stromae: Tiny Desk Concert

Belgian dance-pop superstar Stromae puts on one of the best live shows in the world. We asked him to strip down his performance.
At least 27 campers and staff died at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas. Camps can expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat and experts say there are key questions parents and guardians should ask camp operators

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Climate

Ask your kids' camps these key questions about heat and flood safety, experts say

Camps in nature can be great for kids, but they can also expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat. Here are the top questions experts say people should ask camps about safety.
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025.

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Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Peter and Aubrie in their accessible room on the California Zephyr Amtrak train. They sit next to a window facing each other. Aubrie’s wheelchair is to her side. Outside the window, water and trees rush by.

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Investigations

Disabled passengers say they love riding trains. Will Amtrak love them back?

For years, disabled passengers have complained about Amtrak and its poor service — that it's too hard for them to ride the train. A new federal report looks at its efforts to get better.

A federal report looks at Amtrak’s efforts to improve for passengers with disabilities

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Deja Foxx participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York on April 28, 2023. Foxx has won an upset victory in a special election race for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District.

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Politics

A playbook is forming for younger candidates. The results have so far been mixed

Calls for generational change and dissatisfaction with the status quo have been at the center of campaigns by younger candidates. While that has lifted some to victory, others have fallen short.
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Congress hopes to raise the heat on Russia amid the souring relations between Trump and Putin

A bipartisan coalition has joined forces to push aggressive new sanctions on Russia and believe the souring relationship between President Trump and Vladimir Putin has created a new opening.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress are working together to pass sanctions on Russia

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President Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04 in Washington, DC.

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Politics

Trump's been on a win streak. The Epstein controversy could distract from it

President Trump would rather be talking about his "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other wins, but the controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein case is proving a distraction, according to a GOP strategist.

Is President Trump's MAGA coalition splintering over handling of the Epstein case?

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Explainer

The U.K. will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?

The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election. Some voting age limits are changing in the U.S., but only at the local level.
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Stand back! This explosive cucumber is bursting with seeds

A small, hairy, toxic version of the cucumbers found in the produce aisle does have an advantage over its more palatable cousins — a feat of ballistic seed dispersal.

This squirting cucumber uses ballistics to spread its seeds far and wide

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An illustration of a air traffic controller looking sweaty and tired while holding up a large, black globe mapping airplane flights.

While air traffic controllers welcome an infusion of more than $12 billion to modernize their equipment, controllers say the Trump administration's overhaul plan does little to fix the bigger problem: a nationwide staffing shortage. Glenn Harvey for NPR hide caption

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National

Air traffic controllers say a push to modernize equipment won't fix deeper problems

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration's focus on new equipment doesn't address problems like grueling schedules and stagnating pay that are hurting morale.

Air Traffic Controller Morale 

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Author Interviews

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

 Fresh Air

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.

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

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