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  • Funding cuts will hit rural areas hard. One station manager explains how
    by Juana Summers on July 18, 2025 at 10:35 pm

    NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio, about what the cuts to federal public media funding mean for his station.

  • Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won't his base let it go?
    on July 18, 2025 at 9:55 pm

    One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump's political movement is this: American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites, and those elites are deeply corrupt. Nothing represented that theory more than the case of Jeffrey Epstein.He was a man most people had never heard of initially, with a private plane and a private island. Acquainted with the world's most powerful people: British royalty, U.S. presidents.A man who ultimately died in jail...by suicide, according to authorities... before the case against him went to trial. Epstein's case and his death bred skepticism and conspiracy theories – especially among supporters of Donald Trump.Now, some of Trump's most ardent supporters are attacking his Justice Department's decision not to release all of the files related to the Epstein case.Trump says nobody cares about Epstein. But his base won't let it go. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

  • Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor ahead of trial
    by Carrie Kahn on July 18, 2025 at 9:27 pm

    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.

  • New U.S. Postal Service head says he doesn't believe in privatizing the mail agency
    by Hansi Lo Wang on July 18, 2025 at 8:42 pm

    Postmaster General David Steiner told USPS workers he doesn't believe in privatizing the agency. President Trump has expressed support for such a move, which would likely hurt services in rural areas.

  • 10 Americans are freed by Venezuela in a prisoner swap for migrants in El Salvador
    by Manuel Rueda on July 18, 2025 at 8:37 pm

    Venezuela has freed 10 Americans in exchange for Venezuelans whom the United States had sent to a prison in El Salvador.

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