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8) 2025 Budget Adjustments: NPR implemented internal cuts of over $5 million in September 2025 to balance its roughly $300 million annual budget amid station payment difficulties.
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They remain off of @X, but remain active on BlueSky and Threads. I hope you've found this bot useful on occasion, but I see no reason to continue it. Cheers! - @stevemur
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๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ'๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป The outcome is expected to strengthen Modi's political position midway through his third term. npr.org/2026/05/04/g-s1-1200โ€ฆ
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜‡ The U.S military has begun an operation to end Iranโ€™s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in an effort and re-open the waterway to global shipping traffic. The U.S. Navy says it came... npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-581โ€ฆ
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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ Tax cuts for the middle and working classes, and tax hikes for the rich. What's behind this trend? We ask Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen to explain his bill that eliminates... npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ? U.S. gas prices were nearly $3 an average prior to the start of the war in Iran. npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ-๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ Iran has presented a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, according to Iranian state media. npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ Timmy captured the hearts of whale lovers across the globe who rooted for a happy ending for the humpback. npr.org/2026/05/02/g-s1-1199โ€ฆ
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๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ The new rules focus on areas such as AI protections for writers and actors and expanded eligibility for international films. npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ The statue in Waterloo Place, which appeared early Wednesday, depicts a man proudly hoisting a flagโ€” but the flag is blinding him. npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ Democrats could have a narrow path to winning the Senate, with these specific states on the table. npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-580โ€ฆ
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