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Senate Votes To Cut Federal Funding To Public Broadcasting; “Against The Will Of The American People,” PBS CEO Says


The Senate passed Donald Trump‘s set of spending cuts to rescind $1.1 billion from public media, despite warnings that the funding rollbacks will devastate the PBS, NPR and public station ecosystem. The vote early on Thursday was 51-48, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joining all Democrats and independents in voting […]

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