In May, The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump called on Congress to “immediately” defund National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) following a House Oversight DOGE subcommittee hearing, which exposed the stations’ already well-known bias and radical content.
In July, the Republican-controlled Senate narrowly approved a sweeping Trump-endorsed rescission bill that slashes nearly $9 billion in previously approved federal spending—including full defunding of PBS and NPR, both of which repeatedly show a left-wing bias.
“Don’t miss this opportunity to rid our Country of this giant SCAM, both being arms of the Radical Left Democrat Party,” the President told Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress.
In August, the far-left Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced plans to begin the process of closing down for good after $1.1 billion was cut from its budget. The majority of its staff is expected to be eliminated by September 30th.
CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress to “promote and fund public media in the United States.” Its primary role is to distribute federal funding to public radio and television stations, including those affiliated with PBS and NPR.
In September, The New York Times reported that following the aftermath of the rescissions package, PBS announced it was slashing 15% of its workforce. Citing the loss of $500 million in federal funding, the move comes after the network had already instituted a funding freeze, paused pay raises, and cut its budget by 21%.
On Friday, the outlet announced that PBS News Weekend will sign off the air on Sunday.
PBS shared on the news on X.
“We want to note a change for us here at PBS News.”
“Due to federal budget cuts, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming.”
“And this Sunday, our PBS News Weekend team will sign off the air. PBS News Weekend anchor John Yang is here with us now. And John, we’re going to miss you so, so much. Thank you. It doesn’t even begin to cover it. You and the team have done incredible storytelling and covered major breaking news every weekend.”
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Due to federal budget cuts, PBS News had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming.
This Sunday, our PBS News Weekend team will sign off the air. pic.twitter.com/pAREL6iUBV
— PBS News (@NewsHour) January 9, 2026
PBS has come under fire for accusations of the left’s anti-Trump bias and their extreme, woke programming, including documentaries about transvestites and transitioning, “Racist Trees,” and exposing young children, including toddlers, to so-called educational programming that featured a cross-dressing freak.
During an interview with CNN, PBS CEO Paula Kerger claimed that “People often struggle to come up with examples” of left-wing bias at PBS.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), however, had no trouble cataloguing disturbing examples and noted, “They have the right to say this stuff—but not with your money.”
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