Scott Newman

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called the decision a, quote, ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law.

NPR and PBS have no right to receive taxpayer funds, she said.

In a statement, NPR called the ruling a win for NPR, our network of stations, and our tens of millions of listeners nationwide.

Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington.

In his ruling, D.C.

District Judge Randolph Moss said Trump's order issued last May amounted to an unlawful use of government power, including the power of the purse to, quote, punish or suppress disfavored expression.

The order prompted Congress to claw back $1.1 billion in already appropriated money for public broadcasting.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called the decision a, quote, ridiculous ruling by an activist judge attempting to undermine the law.

NPR and PBS have no right to receive taxpayer funds, she said.

In a statement, NPR called the ruling a win for NPR, our network of stations, and our tens of millions of listeners nationwide.

Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington.

The December numbers represent a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million homes sold.

capping a year that saw a 1.4% year-on-year increase in existing home sales.

Sales increased in all regions of the country from November, but for the year, only the South saw increases, while the Midwest and West were flat, and there was a decrease in existing home sales in the Northeast.

The NAR says inventory remains tight, with fewer sellers eager to move.

More inventory is expected to come on the market beginning in February, once the weather starts to warm.

The median existing home sales price was $405,400, up about $1,700 from the same time last year.

Scott Newman, NPR News.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump suggested that the attack on ISIS militants was in response to, quote, targeting and viciously killing of Christians in the country's northwest.

The Pentagon confirmed the strike.