Stand Up for PBS

10/11/2025

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

07/12/2025

President Donald Trump earlier this year signed an executive order aimed at cutting back on funding for public broadcasting.

06/13/2025

On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the (then) recently nationally syndicated children's television series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (named Misterogers' ...

06/12/2025

House Republicans on Thursday agreed to cancel $9.4 billion in federal spending for foreign aid and public radio and broadcasting, marking the first time Congress has formally weighed in on Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts.

06/11/2025

05/31/2025

PBS and one of its member stations in northern Minnesota sued President Trump and several cabinet officials on Friday over Trump’s executive order targeting the public broadcasting system.

05/13/2025

"Congress allocated $535 million to CPB for the current fiscal year, a number that was left unchanged in the latest stopgap spending plan that all but two Republican lawmakers voted for in March."

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.

05/09/2025

05/08/2025

In 2025 and for the 22nd year in a row, Americans ranked PBS and its member stations as #1 in public trust among a consideration set that included commercial cable and broadcast television, newspapers, streaming services, and others.

Programming pioneers. In the past and today, PBS is home to path-breaking creators and shows. In 1970, our first broadcast, THE FRENCH CHEF, was one of Am…

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".