Congress canceled $1.1 billion in public-broadcasting funding.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 26, 2026Multiple primary and tier1/tier2 sources (Congressional Record, Politico, NBC News, AP, Washington State Standard) confirm Congress approved the Rescissions Act of 2025 clawing back about $1.1 billion appropriated to public broadcasting (via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting), signed by Trump July 24.
What we found
Supports. Congress passed and Trump signed the Rescissions Act of 2025, clawing back about $1.1 billion in CPB grants appropriated over the next two fiscal years.[2][3][4]
Supports. The House passed the rescission 216-213 and the Senate had passed the measure before it, sending it to Trump, so Congress as a body approved the cancellation.[5][6]
Supports. Multiple outlets report the $1.1 billion cancellation for public broadcasting as a completed congressional action.[1][7][8]
Context. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting subsequently announced it would wind down operations, and the Senate Appropriations Committee moved to zero out future funding.[3][4]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1PBS, NPR stations struggle with US government funding cutsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Dodging Defunding Disasterlocalnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting downpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4What to know about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5US Congress okays $9b cuts to foreign aid, public mediathedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6US House votes to yank funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid ...nwpb.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the ...niemanreports.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Pulling the Plug on Public Broadcastingwashingtonmonthly.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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