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Nation Oct 20

WATCH: 50 years of PBS News in just 3 minutes

By Julia Griffin, Tim McPhillips, Dan Cooney

Arts Oct 07

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."…

By Associated Press

Politics Aug 31

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Public media stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts

When Congress decided this summer to eliminate $1.1 billion allocated to public broadcasting, it left some 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations, each with unique issues related to their communities and history, to figure out what that means.

By David Bauder, Associated Press

World Aug 20

Pope Leo XIV shares a festive lunch with the poor of the Diocese of Albano Laziale
An inside look at how PBS host Henry Louis Gates Jr. met Pope Leo

Gates met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after the Harvard professor and "Finding Your Roots" host published insights into the pope's ancestry.

By Dan Cooney

Politics Jul 18

Speaker Johnson Holds Weekly Press Conference On Capitol Hill
House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won't be the last.

By Kevin Freking, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Jul 17

Watch 8:08
The programs facing funding cuts as rescissions package nears final approval

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens

The clock is ticking for Congress to claw back more than $9 billion of federal funding for programs, including foreign aid and public media. Friday night is the final deadline for the House to pass the so-called rescissions package, which…

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Jul 17

Watch 7:41
Ken Burns calls public media funding cuts ‘shortsighted,’ but vows ‘we will continue’

By William Brangham, Courtney Norris

Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that steers funds to public media stations. William Brangham discussed the potential impact on PBS with one of the network's…

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Jun 12

WATCH: House approves Trump’s request to take back foreign aid, public media funding

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.

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Jun 03

Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE

By Associated Press

The process known as rescission will take funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

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May 30

PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

By David Bauder, Associated Press

PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network.

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