The rescissions package cancels previously approved funding totaling $9 billion for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and...
PBS and NPR shows face an uncertain future after the Senate on Thursday voted to slash funding to the public broadcasters, and the House expected to seal their fate -- leading the heads of both companies to make dire warnings about looming changes.
The U.S. Senate approved the Trump administration's plan to scale back federal funding that had been previously allocated for public broadcasting during a marathon session that went into Thursday morning. The Philly member station WHYY received $3.
The Senate passed Donald Trump's set of spending cuts to rescind $1.1 billion from public media, despite warnings that the funding rollbacks will devastate the PBS, NPR and public station ecosystem. The vote early on Thursday was 51-48, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen.
The willingness of congressional Republicans to vote for a complete cutoff of federal money to public broadcasting says a lot about sweeping changes in media.
U.S. House of Representatives signed President Donald Trump's bill to rescind $1.1 billion in funds to public broadcasting. The cuts already hurt stations.
Congress passed the Trump administration’s proposal to claw back federal funding previously allocated for public media, which media leaders say will have devastating consequences.
Liberal commentators and Democratic senators condemned the 216-213 congressional vote that stripped $1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
