Policies & Analysis
Learn more about the policies and actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration, and how they threaten communities, freedoms, and democracy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Dismantle the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
President Trump tried to fire three of the CPB's board members and later signed a bill eviscerating the CPB's budget, leading to its closure.
Attempting to Remove Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board
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April 28, 2025
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a D.C.-based nonprofit created by Congress in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to steward the federal government's investment in public broadcasting, including to organizations like NPR and PBS. It is not a federal agency, and its board members are not federal officials. Yet in April 2025, President Trump purported to fire three members of the CPB's Board of Directors without cause. The CPB and its officers sued to challenge the firing as unlawful. On August 1, 2025, the CPB announced that it will be closing at the end of September after President Trump signed a law clawing back over $1 billion in funding.
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How communities are responding
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