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The Senate voted to defund NPR and PBS. How will local stations cope?
NPR and PBS outlets, including several in Southern California, will have to make tough decisions as the U.S. Senate votes to ...
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 ...
Senate passes bill that would cut funding for NPR, PBS. See how Illinois' senators voted
The Senate passed a bill that would cut $9 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, foreign aid and more. See how ...
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 ...
Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
The US Senate voted to rescind two years' worth of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), delivering a ...
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Senate Hands Trump Another Win As Funding For NPR, Foreign Aid On Chopping Block
The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package early Thursday morning after rejecting a ...
Senate approves $9 billion in DOGE cuts, including to PBS, NPR despite some GOP objections
A group of 15 fiscal conservatives in the House sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday ...
Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media and foreign aid
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion ...
Senate moves to debate cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid
The Trump administration has asked Congress to rescind funds for NPR/PBS and foreign aid. Congress has until the end of the ...
Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump
Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals now moves to the full Senate. Scores of former DOJ lawyers and retired judges say they fear his loyalty to Trump would carry over onto the bench.
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Unprecedented Rescission Bill Defunds Public Media
Congress passed H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025. This decision "clawed back" $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.