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NPR News: 07-17-2025 5PM EDT

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

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0:06.3

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0:09.2

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0:15.7

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0:24.4

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0:29.3

President Trump has been diagnosed with a vein disorder after undergoing a medical examination for swelling in his legs.

0:38.1

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt offered a detailed summary of the president's diagnosis,

0:44.3

emphasizing that the condition is routine and not life-threatening.

0:48.5

The president underwent a comprehensive examination, including diagnostic vascular studies. Bilateral lower extremity

0:57.4

venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign

1:04.6

in common condition. A note from the president's doctor said that Trump's lab results were

1:09.9

within normal limits.

1:11.7

He also underwent an echocardiogram, which showed no signs of heart failure or kidney problems.

1:18.8

The Republican-led House is taking up a more than $9 billion package of spending cuts that passed the Senate last night.

1:27.3

NPR's David Fulkenflick reports the measure would take back already allocated funds for public media and foreign aid.

1:35.5

They are sending over a bill that would take back all $1.1 billion set aside for public broadcasting for the next two years that has already been approved,

1:45.4

I would mind folks, by this Republican-led Congress and the Republican president who opposes

1:51.1

public broadcasting so much that's, of course, Donald Trump.

1:54.8

The House leaders have said they intend to get this passed and to do it by the deadline,

2:00.0

which would be the very end of the day tomorrow, Friday at, you know, midnight, basically.

2:05.4

And they have a paper-thin margin by which to do that. But given the way things have played out in recent weeks on Capitol Hill, it seems likely that they'll pull it off.

2:14.5

That's NPR's David Fulkenflick reporting. The Department of Justice

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