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Frustration and fear ripple through NPR and PBS affiliates after Congress approves clawbacks

Small, rural public media stations are disappointed that Congress ignored their campaign to preserve federal funding.

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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

Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist ...

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 ...