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The Latest Breaking News from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Is PBS Shutting Down? Everything We Know and What Happens Next

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is dissolving after major federal funding cuts. Here's what it means for PBS, NPR and local stations.

International Business Times UK

Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO Explains Why CPB 'Faced a Profound Responsibility' to Dissolve

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO explains why CPB dissolved after Congress cut funding, citing a 'profound responsibility' to public media.

International Business Times UK

Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts

Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under Trump

The Guardian - US

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's directors voted the organization out of business Monday

The Independent UK

John Oliver on the mass defunding of US public media: ‘Just stupid’

The Last Week Tonight host delves into the many vital functions of US public media imperiled by congressional Republicans’ defunding plan

The Guardian - US

Alabama Public Television considers cutting ties with PBS

The commission that governs Alabama Public Television is considering whether to end its partnership with PBS

The Independent UK

New Mexico Democrats rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cuts

New Mexico's Democratic lawmakers are vowing urgent action to shore up safety net spending in a top state for participation in Medicaid and federal food assistance

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The defunded Corporation for Public Broadcasting will get one of TV's biggest prizes

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is being honored with the Television Academy’s Governors Award even as it winds down after nearly 60 years

The Independent UK

Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter

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

The Guardian - US

PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs

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 Conversation

Trump-Backed Spending Bill Forces CPB Shutdown After 60 Years of Public Broadcasting

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.

Benzinga

Not just Big Bird: What to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts

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

The Independent UK

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

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

The Independent UK

Corporation for PBS and NPR says it’s ending operations after Trump cuts

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

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The Conversation

PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy

Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote in the U.S. Senate to erase US$1.1 billion in already approved funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting called their action a refusal to subsidize liberal media.

The Independent UK

The Latest: House approves Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated

The Conversation

Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved by narrow margins on July 17 and 18, 2025, a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once President Donald Trump signs it into law, the US$9 billion rescissions package will withdraw $1.1 billion Congress had…

Reason

How To Keep Your Radio Station Going When the Government's Checks Don't Come

The Senate just voted to cut off the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. What comes next?

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US Senate approves cutting billions in foreign aid as Trump demands

The package, passed in a 51-48 vote, takes back $8bn in already approved foreign aid spending.

Euronews

Senate votes to move ahead with Trump's request for $9 billion in spending cuts

Senate Republicans voted to progress President Donald Trump's request to cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending on Tuesday, despite concerns.

The Independent UK

Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding

Native American radio stations could face shutdowns if Congress cuts over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Fortune

Trump’s DOJ sues to oust Hollywood movie CEO and 2 others from broadcasting board using medieval legal tool

The Department of Justice filed a rare action against three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members.

The Guardian - US

Republicans start vote-a-rama on bill for $9bn public broadcasting and aid cuts

GOP aiming to meet Friday deadline mandated by law for bill, known as a rescissions package, to pass Congress

Benzinga

Bernie Sanders Says In The US, Presidents 'Don't Censor The Media,' Slams Trump Administration's Move To Cut $1.1 Billion From PBS: 'Another Step Toward Authoritarianism'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has criticized the proposed $1.1 billion cut to public broadcasting, warning of a slide towards authoritarianism in the United States.

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‘I will not support a cut in PEPFAR’: Susan Collins draws line in sand as Trump’s $9.3 billion cuts face Senate rebellion

The purse strings have guardians.

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