By Todd Spangler, Variety.com, 7-18-25
President Donald Trump took a victory lap July 18 after Congress formally passed his measure to claw back $9 billion in previously approved funding, including $1.1 billion for PBS and NPR – which public media execs have said could force dozens of local stations to shut down.
Early Friday, the House gave final approval to Trump’s rescission package by a 216-to-213 vote, after the Senate a day earlier had OK’d the measure in a 51-to-48 vote. The bill cancels about $8 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which provides funding to NPR and PBS) over the next two years. It now awaits Trump’s signature to go into effect. » Read More