
ICE recruits former federal workers to join its ranks amid hiring spree
The push to rehire retired workers comes as the administration has also sought to downsize large swaths of the federal government through mass layoffs and other changes.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it’s shutting down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it’s winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

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It’s time to listen to the bold music of Gabriela Ortiz
At age 60, the Mexican composer has finally won the recognition she deserves, with new recordings, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music.

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Trump’s EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars.

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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order
At issue was how the lower courts should handle President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent status to be in the U.S.

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Alfred Brendel, the cerebral pianist with a dry wit, dies at 94
Routinely called a “musician’s musician,” the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.


Trump’s DOJ makes its most sweeping demand for election data yet
Voting officials say they’ve never seen a demand like the one the Justice Department sent to Colorado last month.

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How the iPad cured a top pianist’s stage fright
Anxiety and panic attacks crippled pianist Simone Dinnerstein on stage, despite a stellar career. She shares how one common device helped her overcome the fear.

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Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting
President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

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Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE
DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump’s purported firing of three board members last month.

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Holy white smoke, we have a new pope!
Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV.

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Jennifer Higdon won’t apologize for writing accessible music
As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

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Sharon Isbin & Amjad Ali Khan’s Strings for Peace: Tiny Desk Concert
The classical guitarist offers a mesmerizing East meets West collision, teaming up with a family of Indian musicians who play the sarod, a darker-toned cousin of the sitar.

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Trump says he’s ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can’t
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can’t. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it “blatantly unlawful”.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members
Hours after President Trump tried to remove three board members, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting responds with a lawsuit arguing he does not have that authority.

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Destroying endangered species’ habitat wouldn’t count as ‘harm’ under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.

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