Senate Republicans voted to take back billions of dollars in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, President Trump has been threatening to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell before his term ends next year, and Israel launched airstrikes into Syria's capital of Damascus.
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Marketplace All-in-One - ICE uses insurance fraud database to search for deportation targets
Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Joseph Cox, a reporter at the tech news site 404 Media, about his recent reporting on how ICE is uses ISO ClaimSearch, among other databases, to find deportation targets.
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S11 Bonus: Evan Henshaw-Plath (aka Rabble), Rabble Labs & Verse
Evan Henshaw-Plath, also known as Rabble, was born in Berkeley while his Mom was a student. His parents were hippies, and he grew up near Silicon Valley, which gave him access to work with startups as early as High School. He founded Odeo, which eventually became Twitter. He got the name Rabble cause it was founded by three Evan's, which didn't work - so he went with his online nickname. He has a cool track record of working not only on Twitter, but Flickr, Palm, and other big names. He lives in New Zealand, enjoying all the outdoor activities, and participates in activism in digital rights and environmentalism. Being a Vegetarian, he admits that his comfort food is Mexican cuisine, which he doesn't get a lot of in the land of the Kiwis.
Rabble was disappointed when Twitter shut down its open app capabilities. He wanted something like Twitter, but built to where someone couldn't take away his access. He started to dig into protocols, and eventually landed in San Francisco to tell his friends that he was going to make social media work like email and messaging.
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Headlines From The Times - Deadly Gaza Aid Chaos, Trump’s Epstein Reversal, Deportations to Eswatini, Weather Cuts, AI Expansion, and Downtown LA Struggles
At least 20 Palestinians die in a stampede at a Gaza food distribution site, with conflicting accounts of what triggered the deadly panic. Meanwhile, President Trump shocks his own supporters by dismissing demands to release Jeffrey Epstein’s client list, calling it a “Democrat hoax.” The U.S. sends migrants from Jamaica and Cuba to Eswatini under new third-country deportation deals. California’s National Weather Service faces dangerous staffing cuts as wildfire season intensifies. San Francisco and San Jose emerge as national leaders in AI innovation, while Los Angeles ranks close behind. And downtown LA businesses call for help to recover from immigration raids, tariffs, and pandemic-related losses. Listen for these stories and more from LA Times Studios.
Bay Curious - What Does It Mean to Live In an Unincorporated Area?
Alameda is the second most populous county in the Bay Area, after Santa Clara. Oakland is the biggest city, but the county stretches all the way out to Livermore in the east and Fremont in the south. It’s a big swath of land and about half of it is unincorporated, including two areas known as Cherryland and Ashland. Bay Curious listener Sam Hopkins wondered what it means for an area to be unincorporated and the history of these two communities.
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The Daily - The Most Toxic Relationship in Washington
During an Oval Office meeting with congressional Republicans a few days ago, President Trump showed off the draft of a letter that would fire Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
It’s the latest chapter in a dysfunctional relationship that has major implications for the global economy.
Guest: Colby Smith, who covers the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for The Times.
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- President Trump waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans.
- Can Trump fire Powell? It’s likely that he lacks a case, legal experts say.
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Start Here - Trump Bashes the Base Over Epstein
President Trump bashes MAGA diehards who won’t let the Jeffrey Epstein case go, while reportedly pondering a seismic firing. Israel bombs Syria’s new regime, splitting from the U.S. And police investigate a couple with 21 children, many of whom were born via surrogacy.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Australian Wildlife
Australia is unique among the countries in the world.
It is a continent, a country, and an island all wrapped up into one.
Australia is also home to some of the most bizarre species in the world, most notably its large number of marsupials, which comprise 70% of all marsupial species worldwide.
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The Daily Signal - Kennedy’s NPR Receipts, Bipartisan Amnesty Bill Mocked, Midterm Polls Less Blue | July 17, 2025
Today on the Top News in 10, we cover:
- NPR’s last plea for your tax dollars is really embarrassing.
- A new bipartisan House bill for illegal immigration amnesty draws criticism.
- The midterm election polls are already bucking typical trends.
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- Both US senators call on Trump to change rule re: federal contracts
- APLS tells libraries to comply with Trump executive order or funds are cut
- Birmingham pastor Rich Lusk honors the life of John MacArthur
- State senator Orr working on bill restricting SNAP money for food not candy
- Immigration agents locate Mexican restaurant owner wanted for fraud
- Federal Trial delayed in Mobile after lawyer uses false info from AI
- Former US senator Jeff Sessions inducted into AL Lawyer Hall of Honor
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- Rescissions package from DOGE being debated in US senate
- US attorney general Bondi fires SDNY prosecutor Maureen Comey
- Paul Sperry reports WH looking into trove of docs on Russia collusion setup
- Byron Donalds considers Biden decisions null and void based on two staff member pleading the fifth re: Joe's mental cognition
- Part 2 of interview with Douglass Mackey, "the Meme guy"