Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting down following cuts to federal funding
Pres. Trump cuts funding for NPR and PBS
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR. The order claims that NPR and PBS produce ?biased and partisan news coverage." FOX 5 Washington DC's Melanie Alnwick further explains.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Friday said it will begin winding down operations following Congress' vote to cut nearly $1.1 billion in federal funding.
What they're saying:
"Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations," said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. "CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care."
FILE - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photographer: Kent Nishim
PBS, NPR, other news stations at risk
Why you should care:
CPB finances NPR and PBS, though most of that money is distributed to more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations around the country.
The White House has said the public media system is politically biased and an unnecessary expense.
Lawmakers with large rural constituencies voiced grave concern about what the cuts to public broadcasting could mean for some local public stations in their state.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the stations are "not just your news — it is your tsunami alert, it is your landslide alert, it is your volcano alert."
The Source: Information for this article was taken from an August 1, 2025, Corporation for Public Broadcasting news release and reporting by Axios and The Associated Press.