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Trump's budget director defends NPR, PBS, foreign aid cuts to senators
White House budget director Russell Vought on Wednesday urged U.S. senators to approve the Trump administration's proposed ...
Here's why Rep. Ogles' push to defund NPR and PBS fails Tennesseans like you | Opinion
Rep. Andy Ogles supports the defunding of NPR and PBS through the No Propaganda Act. The real bias is in the proposed ...
Federal cuts could shut down Bloomington NPR, PBS media stations
Small, rural stations will be most at risk if Indiana public media already hit by state cuts lose federal money, Executive ...
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The Metro: An update on proposed federal funding cuts to NPR, PBS
Today on The Metro, we break down what it would mean for public media organizations like WDET if the legislation gets ...
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Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to ...
Vought pitches reluctant senators on $9.4B in clawbacks to NPR, PBS, foreign aid
White House budget director Russ Vought pressed senators on Wednesday to clear President Donald Trump’s request to scrap $9.4 billion, amid GOP resistance to slashing funding for global health ...
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system: Will Senate cut NPR, PBS?
Public radio station executive Judy Diaz fears that an arid landscape for local news on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is about to ...
Peoria's WCBU, WTVP grappling with anticipated federal cuts to PBS, NPR
Peoria's WCBU and WTVP could lose a trove of funding through federal cuts as the White House has called NPR and PBS "woke, radical propaganda." ...
How complete is NPR's coverage of NPR amid efforts to defund public media?
All this puts NPR journalists in the awkward position of covering NPR itself. Years ago, NPR created a protocol for such situations, fondly called "the bubble." Here's how it works: A small group of ...
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'Ill-advised and short-sighted': GOP senator slams Trump's proposal to gut NPR and PBS
Susan Collins (R‑Maine) called “extraordinarily ill‑advised.” Politico reported Wednesday that during a tense hearing before ...
Donald Trump orders funding halt for ‘biased’ PBS, NPR — how this could hurt communities across the US
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump calls for an immediate halt to federal funding of NPR and PBS, citing ...
'Public media is a public good': States urge court to reject Trump's attempted defunding of PBS and NPR as an 'unlawful' attack on rural communities
"Public media connects millions of Americans. It touches life’s ordinary and extraordinary moments, from school lessons in ...