HUGE WIN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting SHUTS DOWN Due to President Trump’s Budget Cuts

In another huge win for your tax dollars, the corporation that largely funds public networks like PBS and NPR is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) just announced that they have started the process of closing for good due to loss of federal funding.

Take a look:

BREAKING: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is SHUTTING DOWN after losing federal funding!

"We now face the difficult reality of closing our operations."

HUGE WIN! pic.twitter.com/i6jhLWKUNU

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 1, 2025

CPB is a non-profit corporation — meaning, funded by taxpayer money — that distributes federal grants to public media stations, including both NPR and PBS.

In other words, the corporation’s job is to decide how to disperse your hard-earned tax money to state-funded propaganda mouthpieces.

The majority of its staff will be gone by the end of September, with a few remaining to help finish closing out operations. This will be completed in January 2026.

JUST IN: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces that "we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations” after losing federal funding.

"The majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025" pic.twitter.com/5YcHGbJzsB

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 1, 2025

A press release from the CPB website reads:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.

For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

CPB informed its employees today that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. A small transition team will remain through January 2026 to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations. This team will focus on compliance, final distributions, and resolution of long-term financial obligations, including ensuring continuity for music rights and royalties that remain essential to the public media system.

“Public media has been one of the most trusted institutions in American life, providing educational opportunity, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural connection to every corner of the country,” Harrison said. “We are deeply grateful to our partners across the system for their resilience, leadership, and unwavering dedication to serving the American people.”

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CPB’s Board of Directors and management are working closely to address the legal, financial, and operational requirements of the closure. CPB will provide regular updates and guidance to stations and producers navigating the profound challenges ahead.

The closure of CPB comes just weeks after Congress passed President Trump’s first round of DOGE cuts, which majorly cut back on federal funding to public media.

USA Today has more:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Aug. 1 that it was starting an “orderly wind-down of its operations” weeks after Congress passed a measure that clawed back more than $1 billion in funds to the organization.

The announcement came a day after U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said the Senate Appropriations Committee hadn’t included funding for the corporation in its fiscal 2026 spending bill.

“It is a shameful reality, and now communities across the country will suffer the consequences as over 1,500 stations lose critical funding,” Murray said, according to The Hill.

The corporation has said more than 70% of its federal funding, which it disperses to NPR and PBS, goes to local public media stations. PBS advocates previously told USA TODAY the budget cuts would disproportionately affect rural areas.

President Donald Trump called for the outlets’ federal funding to be pulled in May, saying “neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

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