PBS, NPR Set to Lose Funds as Senate Passes DOGE Cuts

Republicans are set to succeed in their decades-long quest to end federal funding for public broadcasting after the Senate passed a $9 billion package of cuts derived from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency effort.

The Senate voted 51 to 48 to approve the cuts to the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and a swath of foreign aid. Two Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska — voted no.