The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on the Rescissions Act of 2025 at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. The bill passed the House by a narrow majority Thursday, June 12. The hearing is intended to give senators an opportunity to understand and debate the contents of the rescissions package. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought is …

Thursday afternoon, the U.S. House voted to pass the Rescissions Act of 2025, moving one step closer to rescinding $1.1 billion in funds previously approved by Congress for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The U.S. Senate will vote next. The rescissions package totals $9.4 billion and also includes funds for USAID, the U.S. Institute of Peace and other foreign …

Late Tuesday afternoon, the White House filed a “rescission” request with Congress, asking it to approve the clawback of already appropriated federal funding of public media for the next two years. This rescission request will be voted on first by the House, and if it passes by a simple majority vote there, it will move to the Senate. The House …

In the early morning hours of May 22, the House passed its reconciliation bill before heading to recess. This bill does NOT target or remove funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The reconciliation process will now move to the Senate. To defund CPB through the budget reconciliation process, both the House and Senate must pass a bill that …

Thursday night, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease all federal funding for NPR and PBS. This executive order targets the direct federal funding for NPR and PBS from the CPB. The order also targets the indirect federal funding for NPR and PBS from stations like WJCT. WJCT and the hundreds of …

There have been several press reports — including NPR and the PBS NewsHour — that the Trump administration will formally request Congress to pass a package of “rescission” legislation. Here’s what we know: