WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has sent a letter to the heads of PBS and NPR telling them the agency’s Enforcement Bureau is opening an investigation into the airing ...

In particular, Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize NPR and PBS programming.” He also indicated that he opposed federal funding, given the changes in ...

Executives at NPR and PBS stations have been bracing for a potential battle over government funding, gaming out financial worst-case scenarios. Mr. Carr, who was appointed by Mr. Trump ...

Carr has advocated for Congress to cut off funding to NPR and PBS, who the U.S. right wing has long viewed as liberal and biased against conservatives. The FCC does not have direct regulatory ...

In a letter obtained by the New York Times, Carr suggested that NPR and PBS may be in violation of government rules by acknowledging major donors on-air. Carr asserted that these “announcements ...

Funny how the levers of power suddenly seem to move so fast when it comes to dismantling long-standing institutions. The first ten days of President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been ...

Carr told PBS and NPR that members of Congress would be informed of the investigation and said Congress is considering whether to stop funding NPR and PBS. “I believe this FCC investigation may ...

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged ... Most of NPR’s funding comes from private sponsorships and ...

The Public Broadcasting Service’s value shouldn’t ever be a question, but once again, PBS stations are gearing up to defend the nonprofit broadcast channel against the threat of funding cuts ...

Trump, Musk, and their billionaire and theocratic allies are following the example of tyrants everywhere. But it’s worth ...