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PBS shutters DEI office to comply with Trump executive order

Chloe Veltman
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February 11, 2025

An internal memo says PBS' two DEI staffers are leaving the organization.
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'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency

Elizabeth Blair
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February 11, 2025

The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
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Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell says there's no need to rush on interest rate cuts

Scott Horsley
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February 11, 2025

Powell was also asked about the high cost of home ownership and President Trump's trade policies, but as usual, the Fed chair tried to steer clear of politics.
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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says

Tom Dreisbach
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February 11, 2025

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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How the gutting of USAID is reverberating around the world: Worry, despair, praise

Joanna Kakissis
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February 11, 2025

Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.
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Judge orders restoration of federal health websites

Will Stone
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February 11, 2025

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
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Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?

Jacob Fenston
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February 11, 2025

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.
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Two top CFPB officials resign after being ordered to stop all work

Laurel Wamsley
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February 11, 2025

The directors of supervision and enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stepped down, citing the stop work orders issued by Russell Vought, the agency's new acting director.

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