Congress defunded PBS. Here's how it's surviving and planning for the future.

PBS CEO Paula Kerger talks about life after Congress defunded her: "The consequences are significant." ...

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

But when he looks over and sees the PBS Kids logo, he feels he can stand down. “It is one thing that we don’t have to worry ...
Variety

PBS’ Frontline Launches Production and Distribution Arm Frontline Features

After garnering the 2024 Oscar for the Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” Frontline’s editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath knew that, despite streamers’ aversion to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

PBS Survives in Alabama, for Now, After Move to Ax Funding Fails

A push from state TV Board members that would have prevented series like 'Sesame Street' and 'NewsHour' from broadcasting in the state failed in a vote on Tuesday. By Kevin Dolak Alabama’s Public ...
Texas Public Radio

PBS Frontline probes the shifting realities of the Ukraine War

Russian forces are tightening their grip in eastern Ukraine with glide-bombs and disguised troop movements. Meanwhile, Ukraine is under sustained missile and drone attack across multiple fronts — ...
PBS

Trump signs government funding bill, ending record 43-day shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, ...
The Associated Press

AP, Frontline documentary ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ to premiere on PBS and begin streaming online

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and ...
PBS

Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting

More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public ...
PBS

Handful of Senate Democrats join GOP to break funding stalemate, first step toward ending shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, ...
PBS

How the loss of USAID funding affects Indonesia’s ability to fight climate change

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Struggling rural hospitals compete for billions of dollars in federal funding

Health systems in rural America are struggling. Many are losing money and over the past decade, more than 100 have closed. To address Medicaid shortfalls in the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill, ...