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Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk, threatens vital source of journalism
The U.S. Senate narrowly approved on July 16, 2025, a bill that would claw back federal funding for the Corporation for ...
Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion ...
NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress
With a late-night vote in Congress to cut PBS and NPR funding, Mitt Romney‘s vision has come to pass. During a 2012 presidential debate, the GOP nominee famously pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” ...
Trump’s $9B clawback against PBS and NPR may have bought him a post-summer government shutdown
In the end, only two Republicans in the House voted against the legislation. But by winning on rescission, Trump might have ...
Cuts to public media will smash budgets of some local radio stations
Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.
PBS, NPR And Public Media Set To Lose Federal Funding As Package Of Spending Cuts Clears Congress
PBS, NPR and public stations are facing the loss of $1.1 billion in federal funding, as the House cleared final passage of a ...