Overview

• Lawmakers approved a $1.1 billion rescissions package to eliminate Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants over the next two years, with Vice President Vance casting the decisive Senate vote
• President Trump’s May 1 executive order formally suspended CPB funding, marking a unilateral effort to cut federal support for NPR and PBS
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and several local stations filed lawsuits arguing the order exceeds presidential authority under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
• Supporters of the cuts, including Sen. Ted Cruz, criticized NPR and PBS as taxpayer-funded outlets pushing liberal propaganda, and conservative media hailed the move
• Public media leaders warn that smaller rural and tribal stations reliant on CPB for up to half their budgets face closures and gaps in news coverage and emergency alerts