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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. At the Supreme Court, justices seem open to overruling a 90-year precedent that's prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies at will. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports the case could reshape the balance of power within the federal government.
The case before the court today sprung from President Trump's firing of a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission. But the case could have far-reaching implications. The Trump administration argued the Constitution gives the president the right to remove anyone who assists him in carrying out his executive duties for any reason. The administration said the president must have such removal powers in order to remain accountable to the people who elected him. On the other side, lawyers for the fired FTC commissioner said there's a long historical tradition of creating independent agencies insulated from presidential control and that limits on presidential power are necessary to protect the public's interests.
Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
President Trump's offering $12 billion in financial relief to farmers who've been harmed by his tariffs.
What we're doing is we're taking a relatively small portion of that And we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. And we love our farmers. And as you know, the farmers like me.
The White House announcement is part of President Trump's response to the negative fallout of trade policies that he said would favor U.S. manufacturers and workers. In its trade war with the U.S., China stopped buying American farm products earlier this year, but
What Supreme Court case could change presidential power over independent agencies?
In subsequent talks between Washington and Beijing, Trump says President Xi has since committed to over $40 billion in soybean purchases. Netflix and Paramount are in a bidding war for Warner Brothers Discovery. Today, Paramount, a Skydance corporation headed up by the Ellison family, put in an all-cash tender offer for $30 a share. NPR's David Fokenflik reports on the factors that have led Paramount to offer shareholders $18 billion more in cash than Netflix.
Paramount's looking at the landscape and saying we're too small. We can't compete. Netflix is the world's largest streamer. It's the nation's largest streamer. There's also Amazon, which, yeah, it bought MGM, which is a small little studio, but Amazon has all the money in the world, the everything store. It's looking at Apple, and it's looking at Disney, which several years ago bulked up by acquiring most of the Murdoch's Fox Entertainment properties out there in Hollywood. Paramount says, look, if we combine together, we're two of the old-time studios, Paramount and Warner Brothers. We can do this. We have All these cable properties, you have cable properties. Let's be in business together. Let's take on these giants.
That's NPR's David Fokkenflik reporting. At the close, the Dow is down 215 points. You're listening to NPR. With the hostile takeover bid looming, it's one battle after another that's given Warner Brothers a reason to celebrate. I need you, brother. Sensei, sensei, sensei, please. Courage, Bob. In the film category, the Paul Thomas Anderson film leads with nine nominations for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. In television, HBO's The White Lotus dominated with six noms. Nominees in a total of 28 categories were announced this morning. The award ceremony is January 11th on CBS. The college football playoff is set. In the top seat is Indiana, historically one of the sport's least successful programs, now contending for the national championship.
NPR's Becky Sullivan has this preview.
No program in college football history has lost more games than Indiana. But with coach Kurt Cignetti at the helm, they went undefeated this season, including a gutsy 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.
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