Trump signs rescissions bill clawing back foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
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Trump Signs $9B Cuts to Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid
Above: View of the sign outside National Public Radio headquarters on July 22, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Image copyright: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
These cuts represent a long-overdue end to taxpayer subsidization of biased media organizations that have long promoted left-wing viewpoints. NPR and PBS have operated as partisan outlets disguised as public service, using federal dollars to advance ideological agendas that many Americans oppose. The defunding forces these organizations to compete in the marketplace and justify their existence to voluntary supporters.
Democratic narrative
The funding cuts will devastate essential local services, particularly in rural communities where public broadcasting stations serve as the primary source of news, emergency alerts and educational programming. The cuts disproportionately harm smaller stations that rely heavily on federal funding while having minimal impact on the national organizations they were intended to target.
Editor's Note
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