The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has agreed to fulfill a multi‑year, $36 million contract with National Public Radio (NPR) that it previously suspended amid pressure from the Donald Trump administration.
The National Public Radio (NPR) will receive an estimated $36 million in grant money as part of a settlement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Major philanthropies are rushing to provide a liberal bailout for NPR and PBS after President Donald Trump cut $1.1 billion in federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The PBS budget is taking a major hit after President Donald Trump signed legislation slashing $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the main source of money for PBS and NPR.
An anti-Israel activist whom NPR once featured as a model of civic engagement now headlines pro‑Iran propaganda from an IRGC facility—a stunning turn that reveals the risks of mainstream platforms promoting radical voices.
President Donald Trump achieved a long-sought conservative victory as the House passed a $9 billion rescissions package late Thursday in a narrow 216 to 213 vote. The bill slashes federal spending by cutting off taxpayer funding for left-leaning public broadcasting networks NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Once signed into law by President Trump, the measure will mark the first successful rollback of already-appropriated congressional funds in decades.
NPR is facing major funding challenges after the Senate voted to eliminate public broadcasting grants—and rural communities are caught in the political crossfire, according to NPR CEO Katherine Maher.
The House of Representatives is preparing to pass a rescissions bill that would eliminate approximately $9 billion in spending, including $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports NPR and PBS.
