Rescission Vote, Trump And The Wall Street Journal, Trump's Health

撤销投票,特朗普与华尔街日报,特朗普的健康状况

Up First

2025-07-18

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House Republicans passed a rescissions bill taking back $9 billion in funding for public media and foreign aid. President Trump says he intends to sue the Wall Street Journal after they published an article about his relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and President Trump was diagnosed with a common medical condition affecting the veins in his legs. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gerry Holmes, Padma Rama, Jane Greenhalgh, Janaya Williams and Ally Schweitzer. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenburg. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Republicans in Congress agreed with President Trump's demand to roll back funding they'd already approved.

  • Most of the money was for foreign aid.

  • Some was for public broadcasting.

  • So what's that mean for local public media stations?

  • I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steven Skeap, and this is Up First from NPR News.

  • President Trump says he told Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch he's going to sue the paper.

  • The paper published an article saying Trump once sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday note filled with sexual innuendo.

  • Trump says it's fake.

  • How is this landing with Trump supporters who say he's not being transparent?

  • Also images of the president's swollen ankles prompted the White House to disclose he has a chronic condition.

  • The veins are very thin wall structures and they have valves.

  • Over time these valves can become dysfunctional.

  • How's his health?

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