{"podcast":{"title":"US News Daily","slug":"us-news-daily-6694991","podcast_index_feed_id":6694991,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/brief-us-news","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ejA4iDsUFcv5CSZ5Vj_RrbE4wDsqfADZ0vhYeefb884/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ3MDk1LzE3MDY3/MjMyNDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"brief.news","episode_count":623,"summary":"Welcome to US News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily US news covering politics, elections, the economy, foreign policy, social issues, current events, and breaking news. Say goodbye to overwhelming headlines and information overload. Want to get these updates by email? Subscribe to Brief today https://www.brief.news/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:19:03.698335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/us-news-daily-6694991"},"episode":{"title":"Pentagon Lets Troops Skip Flu Shots, Philadelphia Votes on School Modernization, GOP Pushes 70B Immigration Funding, Pentagon Trips Drone Spending, and more...","slug":"pentagon-lets-troops-skip-flu-shots-philadelphia-votes-on-school-modernization-gop-pushes-70b-immigration-funding-pentagon-trips-drone-spending-and-more","published_at":"2026-04-22T13:25:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/us-news-daily-6694991/pentagon-lets-troops-skip-flu-shots-philadelphia-votes-on-school-modernization-gop-pushes-70b-immigration-funding-pentagon-trips-drone-spending-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/us-news-daily-6694991","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/2af199ab","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/2af199ab/d51bb725.mp3","summary":"(0:10): Pentagon Makes Flu Shots Voluntary for Troops Amid Vaccine Policy Shifts (2:10): Philadelphia Votes on School Modernization Plan: 17 Closures, Major West and North Philly Investments (4:24): Senate GOP Pushes $70B Immigration Funding via Reconciliation Amid DHS Shutdown, Sparking Partisan Clash (6:28): Pentagon Seeks Historic $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget, Tripling Drone Spending Amid Strategic Competition (8:43): Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments in Schools, Sparks Supreme Court Appeal To subscribe visit https://www.brief.news . For more updates in your inbox each morning visit www.brief.news . Image credit: KCRG","meta_description":"(0:10): Pentagon Makes Flu Shots Voluntary for Troops Amid Vaccine Policy Shifts (2:10): Philadelphia Votes on School Modernization Plan: 17 Closures, Maj…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":658,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/us-news-daily-6694991/episodes/pentagon-lets-troops-skip-flu-shots-philadelphia-votes-on-school-modernization-gop-pushes-70b-immigration-funding-pentagon-trips-drone-spending-and-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/us-news-daily-6694991/pentagon-lets-troops-skip-flu-shots-philadelphia-votes-on-school-modernization-gop-pushes-70b-immigration-funding-pentagon-trips-drone-spending-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}