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News Today

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08/19/2026

Here is today’s US press round-up, from the editor of Bayou Blue Radio:

PBS, NPR, Associated Press, AXIOS, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Nation, NBC

SUMMER EDITION

National news from the American press, selected by the editorial staff of Bayou Blue Radio.

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) is the leading nonprofit public television network in the United States, renowned for its high quality documentaries, educational programming, cultural content,

and news. Funded through a combination of public support, viewer donations, and private philanthropy, PBS is dedicated to providing accessible, informative, and enriching programming for all audiences.

ABC says FCC waging a retaliatory campaign violating free speech rights

2020 election deniers on the ballot for key offices in battleground states

Live Results: Florida midterm primaries

 

Screen shot 2025 06 14 at 11.12.13 amNPR was founded on February 26, 1970, when it was created by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting following the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.

Its first national broadcast aired later, on April 20, 1971.

15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here’s where, and why

ABC and Disney sue FCC, alleging First Amendment violations

Trump says U.S. and Canada reached deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports

Trump administration moves to open untouched national forests to logging

The Associated Press, usually called “AP”,  was founded in May 1846 in New York City. It was created by several newspapers that joined together to share the cost of reporting news about the Mexican-American War.

Election takeaways: Donalds joins historic field and progressive scores upset victory in Florida

US and Canada reach last-minute deal to delay 50% tariffs, Trump says

Why Trump delayed new tariffs on Canada

Trump is threatening to bomb Oman, but why?

 

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The U.S. edition of The Guardian — known as Guardian US — was launched in September 2011 from New York City, under founding editor-in-chief Janine Gibson. It was created as the American digital operation of the British newspaper.

 

Bayou Blue Radio (The Voice of Jazz) was founded in France in 2016 before relocating to the United States in 2021. The station is dedicated to promoting contemporary American and European jazz while publishing in-depth editorial features and artist-focused articles on its website, bayoublueradio.org.

Editorial – August 2026:

The Artist’s Dilemma: Navigating the Hybrid Middle Ground in a Volatile Energy Landscape

SOCIETY

Additional Considerations Before Investing in Your Live Performance Setup

At Café Malta, a Coq au Vin Worth Crossing an Ocean For

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro: Learning to Hear Again

Apple: As Tim Cook Nears Exit, Professionals Dare to Hope Again

INTERVIEWS

Gregg Hill – The Interview

Interview: Yelena Eckemoff

Interview: Dr. Anthony Branker

Interview Frank Amsallem

Interview: Isabelle Bodenseh – Giving Voice to Dignity

Interview: Origin Records

Bayou Blue Radio – Paris-Move Jazz Awards 2025

ITW: Andy Emler, Refusing the Comfort of Borders

Rob Reiner, or the quiet humanism of American cinema

Music:

September: New albums on Bayou Blue Radio

Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty –  Impure Imagination

Benny Green – Renovation

Donald Vega – Play it Forward

Emil Ingmar – Polaroids

Emile Parisien – Floating

Geof Bradfield, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Danna Hall – Open Or Close

Greg Chako –  Hard Bop: For The Record

Ida Sand – I Will Be Right There

Janis Siegel – The Art Of Vocalese

Mike Dana Jazz Orchestre

Morgan Freeman – Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience

Nico Widdsom Trio – On Fools and Clowns

Visions of Nar – Awakening

Sakoto Fujii Orchestra Berlin – Second attempt

Sullivan Fortner – Legacy Dance

Sounds Of April & Randall

The Gallery Concert IV: Sommerfest (Live)

Todd DelGiudice – Mas Alto

Yoron Israel – Inspiration

 

August: New albums on Bayou Blue Radio

Amber Weekes – To Oscar With Love

Adam De Luca – The Man Who Would Be the King

Andrew Kim –  Lineage

Barcelona Art Orchestra & Miguel Zenón – Expressions

Clark Sommers – WaBaSH

Claudia Acuña – Ave de Luz: Chilean Jazz & Soul

Cindy Blackman Santana – Coherence

Faye Carol – Faye Sings The Blues

Josh Warren – The Path

Joshua Breakston Quartet – Wonderful!

Kelly Green – Eat Your Greens!

Ayn Inserto and WDR Big Band – Jagged Edges Elegant Lines 

Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 3

Mike Clark – Kuon Ganjo

Mike Jones – Mike Jones With Strings

Nicole Yvette – Say Yes

Nils Landgren 70 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIX (Live)

EXCHANGE – Live at the Keystone Korner

Golding, Bernstein, Stewart – Rhombus

Jeff Colella & Putter Smith – Between Friends

Rob Dixon – Naptown Soul

Russ Anixter’s Hippie Big Band – What Next?

Rob Dixon – Naptown Soul

Skinny Hightower – Feels Like Destiny

Stefon Harris + Blackout – Legacy Dance

Sullivan Fortner – Leave That In There

Technocats – Passionata

The Holland Court Jazz Trio – Inverted Tango

Vision Jazz Ensemble –  Of The People

Will Schneider Trio – Convergence

Yoko Miwa, Mikayla Shirley – The Midnight Ho

Zaccai Curtis – Sonoluminescence Vol. 1

 

The Washington Post was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins. The newspaper published its first issue on December 6, 1877, in Washington, D.C.

8 takeaways and surprises from Florida, Wyoming and Alaska primaries

The bond market is sounding an alarm. Here’s what it means.

Cancer treatment could face landmark moment with promising vaccine

Why homes once banished to trailer parks are filling the suburbs

 

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The Nation was founded on July 6, 1865. It is considered the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States.

Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism

Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

Democrats Really, Really, Really Don’t Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising

 

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NBC News traces its origins back to 1926, when the NBC radio network first launched its news service.

However, the organization as a more formalized news division—what is commonly referred to today as NBC News—was officially established around 1940, as NBC expanded into television news and structured its reporting operations more clearly.