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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years

The Guardian - US

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations

The Independent UK

Corporation for PBS and NPR says it’s ending operations after Trump cuts

Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds PBS, NPR and more than 1,500 local radio and TV stations

The Independent UK

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Media Outlets Shouldn't Get Public Funds, No Matter Their Political Bias

It shouldn't matter whether NPR leans right or left. Cutting its federal funding was the right move.

Reason

Sorry, America, but it’s not Australia’s fault that your healthcare system is failing you

Donald Trump has blamed ‘freeloader’ countries like Australia for the high cost of medicines. Unfortunately the grim statistics tell a different story

The Guardian - AU

Trump accuses foreign nations of ‘freeloading’ on drug prices as Australia insists PBS prices won’t rise

Pharmaceuticals – already covered under existing US free trade agreement – on PBS ‘not up for negotiation’, Labor says

The Guardian - AU

Senate votes down Hanson push to scrap net zero by 2050 policy – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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'Good day for patients': cheaper medicines on the way

Australians are being reassured cost-of-living relief is still on the federal government's agenda as it prepares to legislate changes to make medicine cheaper.

AAP

ABC sounds alarm over Gaza famine, saying its Palestinian freelancers now too weak to work

International media denied access to Gaza rely on Palestinian freelancers, who are ill and exhausted. Plus: Henderson’s watchdog lives another day

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s FCC chair plays coy on Fox News when asked if president involved in Colbert’s cancellation

‘Look at what is happening. NPR has been defunded, PBS has been defunded, Colbert is getting canceled,’ Brendan Carr declared when asked if Trump played a role in The Late Show coming to an end.

The Independent UK

Trump’s budget cuts could shut down local news outlets and reduce reporting on emergencies

Donald Trump’s campaign against the “fake news” media continues largely unchecked, with a decision that is expected to reduce reporting and close down some local news stations around the US.

The Conversation

NPR’s editor-in-chief to step down days after Congress cuts $1.1bn in funding

Edith Chapin’s announcement comes after Congress approves Trump bill to cancel all federal funding for public broadcasters

The Guardian - US

Palmer Luckey Once Brutally Bashed Silicon Valley's Obsession With Easy Cash: 'All The Money Went To Paying People To Do Things That Were A Waste Of Time'

In a conversation last year, defense tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey criticized Silicon Valley's obsession with "easy money" ventures, saying a tighter funding environment is finally forcing founders to solve real-world problems.

Benzinga

PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy

Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote in the U.S. Senate to erase US$1.1 billion in already approved funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting called their action a refusal to subsidize liberal media.

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AAP

Trade stand-off continues as US drug tariffs loom

The deadline on US pharmaceutical tariffs has been dramatically brought forward, in the latest escalation of Donald Trump's trade war with the world.

The Independent UK

Trump’s $9B clawback against PBS and NPR may have bought him a post-summer government shutdown

President has circumvented the government appropriations process and that may heap pain on him come fall

The Guardian - US

‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs

PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closure

International Business Times

Trump's Budget Hacksaw Leaves Public Broadcasting On Precipice

Hundreds of television and radio stations across the United States risk seeing their resources evaporate, after President Donald Trump prevailed Friday in scrapping federal funding for public broadcasting.

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Roll Call

House sends $9 billion rescissions package to president's desk - Roll Call

Friday's action marks first time in decades lawmakers have agreed to a White House request to claw back funding Congress previously approved.

The Independent UK

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS

The Conversation

Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved by narrow margins on July 17 and 18, 2025, a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once President Donald Trump signs it into law, the US$9 billion rescissions package will withdraw $1.1 billion Congress had…

Reason

The Senate Was Right To Defund NPR and PBS

This was not an attack on the free press.

Reason

How To Keep Your Radio Station Going When the Government's Checks Don't Come

The Senate just voted to cut off the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. What comes next?

Reason

Death to Big Bird

Plus: Jerome Powell on Trump's kill list, conservatives embrace speech restrictions, homeschooling heat, and more...

International Business Times

US Senators Approve $9 Billion Of Elon Musk's Federal Cuts

The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.

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