NPR, PBS and Trump
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Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports NPR and PBS.
With a late-night vote in Congress to cut PBS and NPR funding, Mitt Romney‘s vision has come to pass. During a 2012 presidential debate, the GOP nominee famously pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” even though he liked Sesame Street character Big Bird.
During the early hours of Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives definitively approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $9 billion from both PBS, which airs the popular show Sesame Street and other programs,
Early in the morning on July 18, the House voted 216–213 to pass a bill that will rescind federal funding to NPR and PBS, a move that the organizations said will negatively impact listeners who rely on them for emergency alerts during natural disasters,
Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed a Republican-backed plan to slash funding for public broadcasting, warning it's part of Donald Trump's broader agenda to gut essential public services like education, housing,
House Republicans passed Trump's $9 billion rescissions package cutting $1 billion from public broadcasting, prompting reactions from public outlet journalists and Democrats.
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Public TV stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after the Senate approved a bill canceling all the federal funding for the network.
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Straight Arrow News on MSNAs ‘Sesame Street' faces potential cuts, hackers deface Elmo's X accountOne of Elmo's official social media accounts was hacked Sunday, leading to a series of racist and antisemitic posts before the issue was fixed. The beloved red puppet, known for its witty and educational role on "Sesame Street" across generations,