The Latest Breaking News from PBS

Screenwriters from Writers Guild of America, also including David Simon and Celine Song, call out president’s ‘authoritarian assault’ on free speech

At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in the House and the Senate by very narrow margins, will cut off all federal tax dollars that would have…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will shut down after Congress, following President Donald Trump's spending cuts, stripped $1.1 billion in previously approved funding.

The organization shuts down after almost six decades of fueling production of celebrated educational programming, cultural content, and emergency alerts about natural disasters

President Trump has called public media a ‘monstrosity’ that deserves to be defunded, despite millions of US viewers.

Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations

Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds PBS, NPR and more than 1,500 local radio and TV stations

It shouldn't matter whether NPR leans right or left. Cutting its federal funding was the right move.

Donald Trump has blamed ‘freeloader’ countries like Australia for the high cost of medicines. Unfortunately the grim statistics tell a different story

Pharmaceuticals – already covered under existing US free trade agreement – on PBS ‘not up for negotiation’, Labor says