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PNS Daily Newscast: December 18, 2025
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Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director; VA braces for premium hikes as GOP denies vote extending tax credits; Line 5 fight continues as tribe sues U.S. Army Corps; Motion to enjoin TX 'Parental Bill of Rights' law heads to federal court.

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2025Talks - December 18, 2025
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House Democrats gain support for forcing a vote on extending ACA subsidies. Trump addresses first-year wins and future success and the FCC Chairman is grilled by a Senate committee.

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The Yonder Report - December 18, 2025
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States are waiting to hear how much money they'll get from the Rural Health Transformation Program, the DHS is incentivizing local law enforcement to join the federal immigration crackdown and Texas is creating its own Appalachian Trail.

Dallas Heltzell

Dallas Heltzell has been an editor at Public News Service since 2010. His nearly five decades of writing, editing and producing at daily-news outlets has included work at college radio stations; KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo.; the Columbia Missourian, St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Longmont (Colo.) Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette and Denver Post. Besides his work at PNS, he's also a reporter for BizWest, which covers business news for Northern Colorado, and Prairie Mountain Newspapers.


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