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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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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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