Senate Approves Funding Cuts to Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid
TL;DR
The U.S. Senate approved a bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, rejecting Senator Murkowski's amendment to preserve local station funding, citing the importance of public media in emergencies like the Unalaska earthquake; the bill now moves to the House for approval.
- U.S. Senate votes to defund CPB, rejecting Murkowski's effort to spare station money Alaska Public Media
- Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say CNN
- West Virginia Public Broadcasting executive director contemplates future after Senate passes funding cut CBS News
- Tensions over Epstein files hamper Republican plan to vote on cuts bill The Guardian
- Senate approves Trump administration cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid NPR
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