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NPR News: 04-22-2025 5PM EDT

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

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NPR News: 04-22-2025 5PM EDT

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0:00.0

The scary new movie, Sinners, from the director of Black Panther, finds Michael B. Jordan playing twin brothers.

0:05.9

It's got vampires. It's got great music. And it's a fun one to see with a big crowd.

0:10.7

This is the most excited I've been about a movie in a very long time.

0:14.6

We'll tell you why you should see sinners on the biggest screen you can.

0:18.1

Listen to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR.

0:21.9

Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled

0:29.0

his plan to streamline the department he says has become too bloated. He's cutting 132 offices

0:36.0

and about 700 jobs at the State Department.

0:38.9

More from MPR's Michelle Kellerman.

0:40.4

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says Rubio is trying to make the State Department great again.

0:45.2

This is a reorganization plan.

0:48.4

It is not something where people are being fired today.

0:53.7

No one's going to be walking out of the building.

0:56.0

It's not that kind of a dynamic.

0:59.0

But the department is planning about a 15% cut in personnel,

1:02.0

and Rubio is abolishing some offices that he says have become a platform for left-wing activists.

1:09.0

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

1:12.1

Jean Jeanne, says reforms must be done with care. She warns that when America retreats, China and Russia

1:18.3

fill the void. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department. More than 170 presidents of

1:24.8

U.S. colleges and universities have signed a letter denouncing the Trump administration's actions targeting higher education institutions.

1:33.0

And Bureau's Jockey Meadow reports.

1:34.6

The statement by the American Association of Colleges and Universities shows higher ed leaders are by and large forming a united front against the Trump administration, which in recent weeks has

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