Public Media Cuts, Trump And Fed Chair, Israel Strikes Syria
13 min•17 juli 2025
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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