David Folkenflik
Stories
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Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial
U.S. Judge Trevor Nunley ruled that consumers could suffer irreparable harm if Nexstar integrated Tegna's stations into its own operations ahead of an antitrust trial.
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NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts
"My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network," says Connie Ballmer, who gave $80 million of the $113 million.
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Visionary NPR leader Kevin Klose, who presided over a golden era, has died
Klose led NPR for a decade starting in 1998, a period of incredible growth for the public media network.
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Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded
A federal judge has ruled that an executive order ending federal funding for NPR and PBS crosses a line drawn by the First Amendment that forbids viewpoint discrimination.
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Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded
A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.
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Voice of America staffers sue, alleging Kari Lake put on propaganda
Voice of America staffers are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging she put pro-Trump propaganda on its airwaves. She has lost numerous rulings of late.
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Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake
A federal judge has ordered more than a thousand Voice of America staffers back to work by Monday. It's a major defeat for the Trump administration's effort to cut the news outlet to the bones.
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FCC chair threatens broadcasters' licenses over negative coverage of the war in Iran
President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FCC Chair Brendan Carr have assailed the media over coverage of the war in Iran. Carr now threatens broadcast license owners with repercussions.
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Journalists face resistance in trying to cover the U.S.- and Israel-led war in Iran
We look at how different U.S. media outlets have been covering the U.S.- Israel-Iran war.
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U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America
He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers.
