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Al Jazeera Staff

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shutter following Trump-era cuts

News Director Travis Bubenik broadcasts a live news segment from Marfa Public Radio in Marfa, Texas, on June 23 [Kaylee Greenlee/Reuters]

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a nonprofit that distributes federal funds to public radio and television stations in the United States, has announced it would be shutting down as the result of funding cuts under President Donald Trump.

On Friday, the group issued a statement saying it had launched an “orderly wind-down of its operations” in response to recent legislation that would cut nearly $1.1bn of its funding.

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