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GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign ...
Illinois public media stations brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ after Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS
Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes. In Moline, WQPT’s general manager Dawn Schmitt said ...
The Senate Was Right To Defund NPR and PBS
The Senate has voted to cancel $1.1 billion in public funding for NPR and PBS, a move described as "an unusual surrender of ...
Trump Celebrates Congress Pulling $1.1 Billion in Funding From ‘Atrocious’ NPR and PBS: ‘This Is Big!’
Trump took a victory lap after Congress formally passed his measure to claw back previously approved funding, including $1.1 ...
Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national news show with the hosts Robert MacNeil and Sander Vanocur — ...
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Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs
The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio ...
Salina’s PBS affiliate says federal funding has been eliminated
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Smoky Hills PBS, the PBS station in Salina, said on Friday that its federal funding has been eliminated. The announcement follows the approval by the Senate and House of ...
PBS, NPR to Lose All Federal Funding as Congress Votes to Pass $9.4B Rescissions Bill
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted 216-213 early Friday morning to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump ...
What’s Happening to PBS and NPR’s Federal Funding?
It cuts $9 billion of previously approved federal funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB, ...
PBS Kansas responds to Senate’s public broadcasting cuts: “Who else will tell the story of Kansas?”
PBS Kansas said its future is uncertain after the U.S. Senate passed a bill slashing federal funding for public broadcasting.
Local PBS, NPR stations anticipate cuts to community programs as Utah’s delegates vote to slash funds
All of Utah's members of Congress have voted to move forward with allowing President Donald Trump to defund public media.
Not Just ‘Sesame Street’: How Trump’s Billion-Dollar NPR, PBS Cuts Will Hurt Small Town America
Academics and public radio professionals warn that budget cuts could decimate a watchdog for political corruption.