The CPB, which distributes federal money to public-media stations, is winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday.

The Senate voted to advance debate on a package that would claw back $1.1 billion allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the bid to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting and international aid programs.

The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill for foreign aid programs, along with two years of funding for the public-media system.

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies that Congress approved earlier this year.

NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from senators about a lead poisoning crisis in Milwaukee's public schools.

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.