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Congress Approves Trump’s $9 Billion Cut to Public Broadcasting

The bill now awaits President Trump’s signature, with critics warning that stripping $1.1 billion from CPB support could shutter hundreds of local stations.

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Overview

  • The Republican-controlled House approved the repeal measure by a 216–213 vote after the Senate passed it earlier this week, sending it to the president’s desk.
  • The legislation rescinds roughly $9 billion in federal spending, including $1.1 billion earmarked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  • The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes taxpayer grants to NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations across the United States.
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the cuts are meant to restore fiscal sanity and accused NPR and PBS of using federal funds to advance a partisan left agenda.
  • Democrats and public-media advocates warn the funding withdrawal could devastate rural and community stations and note an ongoing lawsuit challenging the president’s earlier halt of CPB grants.