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Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.

NPR announced today that Sonali Mehta has been named Executive Director of NPR Music. She will start September 22, and will be based in New York.

After more than 50 years behind the mic at NPR, Susan Stamberg is retiring.

After more than five decades with NPR, correspondent and former All Things Considered and Weekend Edition Sunday host, Susan Stamberg, retired from the network this week.

While public support is strong, it's not enough to keep things exactly the same.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

With public radio set to lose federal funding starting this fall, author and historian Steve Oney talks about NPR's tumultuous history with Republican lawmakers and the unique challenges the network faces today.

NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.