'Can't stop. Won't stop': Documentary filmmakers face federal funding shortfall
PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.
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'Succession' creator takes on tech -- and revolution -- in 'Mountainhead'
Jesse Armstrong's new HBO film is set in a Utah retreat where four rich techno-wizards scheme while playing poker. Mountainhead is an unpredictable drama about powerful men vying for control. -
Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K.
British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault and human trafficking -
Why does the government fund research at universities?
American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars have contributed to innovations like: Drone technology. Inhalable Covid vaccines. Google search code. The Trump administration is cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. Federal funding for all kinds of science is at its lowest level in decades. Today on the show: when did the government start funding research at universities? And will massive cuts mean the end of universities as we know them? We hear from the man who first pushed the government to fund university research and we talk to the chancellor of a big research school, Washington University in St. Louis. He opens up his books to show us how his school gets funded and what it would mean if that funding went away. This episode is part of our series Pax Americana, about how the Trump administration and others are challenging a set of post-World War II policies that placed the U.S. at the center of the economic universe. Listen to our episode about the reign of the dollar. Find more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.Listen free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.Help support Planet Money and hear our bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. -
Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine
The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu. -
CPAC chair plans more conservative gatherings around the world
Conservative Political Action Conference chairman Matt Schlapp tells NPR's Leila Fadel in the Hungarian capital Budapest that the group is expanding to cities around the globe. -
World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. -
American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration
Canada has seen a surge of American doctors seeking to move north in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. -
Elon Musk's Starship rocket loses control on its 9th launch
Several dummy satellites were supposed to be launched, but a door on the ship did not open as planned.
