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Congress approves public media funding cuts

Thursday night, Congress passed The Rescissions Act of 2025. This package claws back funds previously appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) totaling $1.1 billion.

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A documentary follows the first openly trans person to argue before the Supreme Court

By Adrian Ma,

Ryan Benk

Published July 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM MDT

NPR's Adrian Ma talks with ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio about being the first openly trans person to argue before the Supreme Court. He's profiled in the new documentary, "Heightened Scrutiny."

Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Ryan Benk

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