Asma Khalid
@asmamk
Guest Host Here & Now @NPR midday show co-produced with @WBUR 📻 • Contributor @ABC 📺 • Insta: asma_journo • Email: [email protected] • Signal: asmamk.11
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
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BREAKING: $9 billion rescission package gets final passage in the House 216-213. This was close. Did not vote: Three members - 2 Rs, 1 D No votes: 2 Rs.
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era My analysis - for NPR. npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-…
NEW: As part of my effort to track @ElonMusk's influence in the Texas Capitol, I asked for all of his emails with Gov. Greg Abbott for the last several months. Abbott's office rejected my request, saying some of the records are too "intimate and embarrassing" to release. #txlege
President Trump called @BBCBlindGazza on the phone (woke him from a nap!) And had lots to say. bbc.com/news/articles/…
The University of Virginia’s president resigned in June after a federal probe into the school’s DEI commitments. Four days later, another investigation was launched at George Mason University. The similarities were hard to ignore. propublica.org/article/george…
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil just filed a $20M damages claim against the Trump admin, alleging it terrorized his family and smeared him as an antisemite for political gain. He spoke with us about the filing, and the moments of bliss and anguish since his release apnews.com/article/mahmou…
NEW: In his first presser after the deadly floods, the Kerr County Judge said they do not have an emergency alert system. But we've learned that not only does the county have such a system, but first responders asked that it be triggered very early Friday AM. Some residents…
NEW: I tried to interview Joe Biden for my book on the 2024 election. I called his cell phone, and he agreed but cut it short as he boarded an Amtrak train. His aides then changed his number. NYT excerpt of 2024, w @jdawsey1 + @iarnsdorf —out today! nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
Legislators took away state funding for public broadcasting in Indiana and now a statewide reporting team will be eliminated. indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/indiana…
This is awful. “Its 17 member stations serve 95% of Hoosiers …”
Obviously not news I'm happy to share. Really proud of our team and all the work we've done. If you know of any job opportunities, send them my way! indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/indiana…
Thank you to the folks in the Texas Newsroom for your reporting on these deadly floods. 🙏 Such an important resource that speaks to the breath and depth of public media. We had @_DominicAnthony on the show yesterday. Jack Morgan today from Kerrville. wbur.org/hereandnow/202…
NEW: For eight years, Kerr County sought help from Texas officials to pay for a $1 million early flood warning system. Twice, they were rejected. The third time the state agreed to chip in just 5% of the cost. With @keribla houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
There have been many horrific stories out of Texas. This one is truly heartbreaking… wsj.com/us-news/a-texa…
SCOOP: An impostor has been impersonating Marco Rubio, sending AI-generated voice and text messages to 3 foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a U.S. member of Congress, per a cable obtained by WaPo. W/ @hannah_natanson
🚨🚨🚨17 million projected to lose health insurance, @yabutaleb7 reports