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From the Director: U.S. House votes to claw back public media funding

The House has approved a proposal to eliminate $700 million in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next.

Immigration raids, protests continue in LA

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM MDT

A protester challenges a line of California National Guardsmen protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Eric Thayer/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez about the immigration arrests and protests that have sparked unrest in the city since Friday.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.