NPR, PBS and Senate
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Senate
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Senate Republicans pass $9 billion rescissions bill targeting foreign aid, NPR and PBS, with Vice President Vance casting the decisive vote amid opposition from Democrats, Republicans.
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
NPR CEO Katherine Maher appeared on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown" to react to a Senate Republican push to defund the service. "As far as the accusations that were biased,
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.
The Senate approves President Trump's rescission package.Donald Trump has spent much of the week admonishing members of his MAGA base for raising the alert about his administration's failure to release information about Jeffrey Epstein.