May 02 Watch 5:56 A look at Trump’s executive order targeting public media funding By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas President Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt all funding for PBS and NPR. It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. Continue watching
May 02 PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful By David Bauder, Associated Press The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election. Continue reading
May 02 Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR By Associated Press The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS."… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 8:29 PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding By Amna Nawaz The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally-created body through which NPR and PBS get federal funding, including for this program. The CPB is… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 5:29 A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country. The White House drafted a memo that could make those cuts… Continue watching
Apr 16 Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR By Hannah Grabenstein PBS CEO Paula Kerger said that the loss of funding would devastate local stations, "particularly smaller and rural stations who rely on federal funding for a larger portion of their budgets.”… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:54 NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing By William Brangham, Eliot Barnhart On Capitol Hill, the heads of America’s public media networks, PBS and NPR, faced sharp questioning by a House oversight subcommittee about allegations of bias and why their work justifies continued federal support. That support also helps fund programs like… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 8:27 A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding By William Brangham, Sam Lane President Trump voiced his support for defunding America's public broadcasters. It comes a day before the heads of PBS and NPR testify before a House subcommittee. The hearing will examine public media with calls for federal funding cuts growing louder. Continue watching
Mar 21 WATCH: PBS and NPR leaders testify on federal support for public broadcasting in House hearing By News Desk Leaders from PBS and NPR appeared before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about federal support for public broadcasting. Continue reading
Dec 31 Former PBS and CNN anchor Aaron Brown dies at 76 By Jim Salter, R.J. Rico, Associated Press Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has died. Continue reading