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NPR News: 03-30-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 30 March 2025

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99% of the U.S. population lives within listening range of at least one public media station.

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And everyone can listen to NPR podcasts free of charge.

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That means you get completely unpaywalled access to stories, prize-winning reporting,

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and shows that represent the voices in every corner of the country.

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Hear the bigger picture every day on NPR.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

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Hours before billionaire and White House advisor Elon Musk

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is scheduled to hand out $1 million checks to two voters

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at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin tonight. The state's Attorney General

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today asked the state's Supreme Court to stop Musk from doing that. Two lower courts already

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rejected the legal challenge by Democratic AG Josh Kahl, who argued that Musk's offer violates

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state law prohibiting giving anything of value in exchange for a vote.

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This ahead of Wisconsin's highly contested Supreme Court election on Tuesday,

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liberals currently hold a four-three majority.

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Musk and groups he supports have spent more than $20 million to help Judge Brad Schimmel get elected.

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More Republicans on Capitol Hill are calling for an investigation into the signal chat group

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that leaked military attack plans on the Houthi.

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Defense Secretary Pete Higgseth sent specific times and weapons packages in the encrypted chat

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that included administration officials and a journalist.

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And peers Luke, has more.

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Senator James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, sits on the Intelligence Committee. When asked about the signal chat leak, Langford told CNN, he supports an investigation. That's entirely

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appropriate for the Inspector General to be able to look at it. Last week, Chair of the Armed Services

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