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‘ENTIRELY ON ME’

Legendary SCOTUS Reporter Awkwardly Explains Bombshell Error

Nina Totenberg took full responsibility for the fiasco at NPR.

Annabella Rosciglione

Samuel Alito
ALL THINGS ILL-CONSIDERED

SCOTUS Rocked as Reporter Legend, 82, Makes Bombshell Error

NPR committed a huge journalistic blunder about a key justice’s future.

Annabella Rosciglione

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. President Donald Trump said on March 25 that he would "love" to cut funding for the US public broadcasters, which reportedly will be reviewed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency this week. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
OVER AND OUT

NPR’s Top Editor Quits After Trump’s Devastating Cuts

Edith Chapin had only been in the role for two years.

Corbin Bolies

Donald Trump
BYE BYE, BIG BIRD

Trump Self-Soothes With Late-Night Brag: ‘THIS IS BIG!!!'

Breaking off from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, the president trumpeted the House vote to defund public broadcasters NPR and PBS.

Janna Brancolini

Donald Trump
HITTING BACK

NPR Hits Trump With Bombshell Lawsuit Over Slashed Funding

The public broadcaster reminded the president that Congress has the power of the purse.

Josh Fiallo

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will travel to Michigan for a 100th Day in Office rally. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
STOP THE PRESSES

U.S. Press Freedom Plummets to All-Time Low

Donald Trump’s “daily attacks” on the media have made the U.S. increasingly unsafe for journalists.

Tom Sanders

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Finding Nemo's clownfish character found itself in the center of a dispute between Donald Trump and public broadcasting.
CATCH OF THE DAY

White House Memo Slams Sex Change ‘Finding Nemo’ Clownfish

Donald Trump is demanding billion dollar cuts in PBS and NPR.

David Gardner

Donald Trump, Big Bird illustration
WHO’S AFRAID OF BIG BIRD?

Trump Demands Congress Defund NPR and PBS ‘IMMEDIATELY’

The president lashed out America’s public broadcasters, saying both were “arms of the Radical Left Democrat Party.”

Janna Brancolini

U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX).
PUBLIC FEUD

Jasmine Crockett Calls Out MTG’s BS to Her Face

And MTG called a drag queen a “child predator” in another wild MAGA day.

Corbin Bolies

Uri Berliner.
RIGHT WHERE HE WANTED

Ex-NPR Editor Passes the Audition, Joins Bari Weiss’ Outlet

Berliner recently wrote a scorched-earth essay for Weiss’ “heterodox” outlet, attacking NPR while he was still employed there.

Corbin Bolies

Will Lewis called NPR reporter David Folkenflik “an activist, not a journalist” after Folkenflik published claims that Lewis tried to get him to drop a story about him.
‘NOT A JOURNALIST’

WaPo CEO Trashes NPR Reporter Over Quid Pro Quo Scoop

Will Lewis allegedly tried to get the reporter to “kill” a story about him.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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