Public broadcasters opportunity GOP backing cuts could beryllium ‘devastating’ to section media and make Americans little safe
Megan Lebowitz and Raquel Coronell Uribe
When a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck disconnected confederate Alaska connected Wednesday, officials were concerned astir a imaginable tsunami. It was section nationalist media that helped relay a tsunami alert, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
But now, looming GOP-led backing cuts are concerning media friends that section nationalist broadcasters would beryllium forced to downsize aliases shutter, damaging news operations and hurting locals’ expertise to get timely emergency alerts for illustration nan 1 issued successful Alaska.
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House passes awesome cryptocurrency bill, sending it to Trump’s table
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, nan House approved a landmark cryptocurrency bill yesterday evening that would found nan first regulatory model for issuers of stablecoins, called nan GENIUS Act. The bill, which has already passed nan Senate, now heads to Trump’s desk.
The ballot was 308-122, pinch 206 Republicans and 102 Democrats supporting nan legislation.
The House besides approved 2 different crypto-related pieces of legislation, some of which still request to clear nan Senate.
House passes awesome cryptocurrency bill, sending it to Trump’s desk, continued
The CLARITY Act would establish “a regulatory model for integer commodities.” That besides sewage wide bipartisan support.
Meanwhile, nan Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act would prohibit nan “Federal Reserve slope from offering products aliases services straight to an individual, maintaining an relationship connected behalf of an individual, aliases issuing a cardinal slope integer currency.”
Republican Accountability Project taunts Trump complete Epstein successful six-figure advertisement campaign
The Republican Accountability Project is launching a six-figure run targeting Trump’s relationship to Jeffrey Epstein pinch advertisements and advertisements adjacent nan Trump National Golf Club successful Bedminster, New Jersey, arsenic good arsenic Washington, D.C., and New York City.
A one-minute advertisement includes instances of Trump and Epstein praising each different while implying that Trump was connected to nan Epstein scandal. It besides highlights Attorney General Pam Bondi antecedently saying Epstein accusation would beryllium released.
“So Donald, nan logic everyone is still talking astir Jeffrey Epstein is because Americans want answers,” nan narrator concludes, arsenic images of Trump and Epstein together play connected nan screen.
The ad, paid for by Defending Democracy Together, will tally connected Fox News adjacent Bedminster, nan Republican Accountability Project said. The group is besides readying to unveil advertisements and mobile advertisements adjacent nan play course, D.C. and successful Times Square.
“Trump, why won’t you merchandise nan Epstein files?” nan advertisements read.
Sarah Longwell, nan group’s executive director, said successful a connection that “the much he rants, nan much Americans want to cognize what his administration is hiding.”
“Either they were lying for years astir nan beingness of nan Epstein files to gin up their base, aliases they are lying now astir their existence,” she said. “Either way, Americans merit answers.”
Trump past nighttime directed Bondi to activity nan merchandise of "pertinent" expansive assemblage grounds from Epstein's case.
DNC chair heads to Texas to strategize against nan GOP's redistricting ploy
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin will recreation to Houston coming to meet pinch Texas Democrats to talk really to champion conflict backmost against Republican efforts to redraw nan state’s legislature maps, a DNC root acquainted pinch nan readying told NBC News.
Martin is slated to meet pinch Texas authorities House Democratic Minority Leader Gene Wu, different members of nan Texas Democratic legislative caucus and Democratic-aligned groups successful nan authorities to talk strategies successful battling those efforts, nan root said. Martin was invited by Texas Democrats to strategize connected really they tin “gear up to conflict backmost against Republicans’ blatant powerfulness grab,” nan root said.
In a connection to NBC News, Martin said, “If Texas Republicans want a showdown, we will springiness them a showdown.”
Martin’s travel comes days up of a typical legislative convention — announced past week by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and owed to footwear disconnected Monday — that will see connected its schedule information of nan redrawing nan state’s legislature maps.
Adding Republican-leaning seats successful Texas could thief legislature Republicans clasp connected to their constrictive U.S. House mostly successful adjacent year’s midterm elections.
“Right now, Americans each crossed nan state are reasoning of nan victims of nan unspeakable floods successful Texas. You cognize who isn’t? Governor Abbott. He’s taking orders from Donald Trump to rig nan midterm elections. We’re not going to guidelines for it,” Martin added.
The New York Times reported past month that members of Trump’s governmental cognition had privately urged Texas Republicans to redraw their maps up of nan 2026 midterms — and Trump himself Wednesday very publically lauded nan efforts, urging lawmakers to return actions that would thief them summation 5 House seats.
“A very elemental redrawing, we prime up 5 seats,” Trump told reporters.
Republicans clasp a slim 220-212 advantage successful nan House. In Texas, they already power 25 of nan 38 legislature districts. But padding nan GOP’s mostly by moreover conscionable a fewer seats successful Texas could complicate Democrats’ expertise to return power of nan House successful 2026.
The anticipation has ignited a speech among Democrats connected really to champion conflict back. For example, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a imaginable 2028 statesmanlike contender, floated redrawing his ain state’s maps to antagonistic nan Republican efforts successful Texas. Doing so, though, would travel pinch awesome obstacles: An independent committee controls nan redistricting process successful California, not nan governor.
Martin, however, lauded Newsom’s threats successful his statement, and said he’d backmost nan Californian’s efforts.
“Democrats for illustration Governor Gavin Newsom are fresh to punch backmost astatine this cowardly effort to usage disaster alleviation to rig nan maps for Republicans, and nan DNC is correct location pinch him,” Martin said.
Trump’s cuts to NPR, PBS and overseas assistance clear Congress

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Sahil Kapur, Kyle Stewart and Syedah Asghar
The Republican-controlled House voted 216-213 past nighttime to springiness last transition to a measure cutting $9 cardinal successful spending that had already been approved, sending it to Trump to go law.
The cuts aimed astatine nationalist media and overseas assistance passed successful different middle-of-the-night ballot connected Capitol Hill, one time aft the Senate voted 51-48 after 2 a.m. yesterday to o.k. nan measure. Two Republicans joined each Democrats successful opposing nan package successful nan House: Reps. Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
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