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Podcast: Apple News Today
Episode: From Elmo to emergency alerts: The impact of public media cuts
Description: The Senate just passed a bill that would cut more than $1.1 billion in previously allocated federal funds for public media. The Wall Street Journal reports. The president of PBS tells the Washington Post the move would result in an existential crisis for member stations that depend on federal dollars. Trump has been going back and forth on his desire to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Neil Irwin from Axios discusses whether the president has the power to do so, and why a recent Fed building renovation matters. Los Angeles is struggling to rebuild after devastating wi...