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Clawback of $1.1b for PBS and NPR Puts Rural Stations at Risk – And Threatens a Vital Source Of Journalism
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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 ...
Prominent liberals and media figures declare cuts to PBS, NPR a ‘perilous moment’
House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting ...
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 ...
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.
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” ...
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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 ...
The future of Philly music stations WRTI and WXPN unclear as Republicans defund NPR and PBS
Big Bird and Elmo are what most people associate with NPR and PBS, with Terry Gross and some politics sprinkled in there ...