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Funding Cuts Threaten Media, Europe Faces Heatwave Crisis

6/29/2025

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The House's decision to slash federal funding for public media endangers vital local programming and emergency communications. Simultaneously, Europe grapples with a brutal heatwave, igniting wildfires and posing health threats, especially in Spain and Greece. In the U.S., Senate Republicans' proposed tax bill threatens to hike energy costs and dismantle clean energy tax credits, jeopardizing jobs and the environment.

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The House's decision to slash federal funding for public media endangers vital local programming and emergency communications. Simultaneously, Europe grapples with a brutal heatwave, igniting wildfires and posing health threats, especially in Spain and Greece. In the U.S., Senate Republicans' proposed tax bill threatens to hike energy costs and dismantle clean energy tax credits, jeopardizing jobs and the environment.