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‘Devastating': US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs The GuardianNPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making The New York TimesHouse passes Trump's $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president CNNHouse gives final approval to Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid AP NewsNPR and PBS affiliate WHYY faces future without federal funding Axios
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Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children's programming.
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The cuts speak to President Trump's grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in media.
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The measure returns about $8 billion earmarked for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and upwards of $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds PBS and NPR — spending conservatives have long sought to slash.
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Congress just voted to claw back $500 million in funding for public broadcasting. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains what will happen now to NPR, PBS and the many local stations that rely on the funding.
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