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PBS News Hour

A look at the efforts to slash public media funding

Season 2025 Episode 106 | 5m 29s

The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country. The White House drafted a memo that could make those cuts happen soon. William Brangham reports.

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