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American public broadcaster and television network

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The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Nature, Nova, Frontline, PBS News Hour, Washington Week, Masterpiece, American Experience, and children's programs such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Arthur, Curious George, The Magic School Bus, and others. Certain stations also provide spillover service to Canada.

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🇺🇸 Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS (2026-03-31)
Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive...
🇺🇸 Judge Blocks Trump Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR (2026-03-31)
The executive order violated the First Amendment by discriminating and retaliating against the broadcasters, the court said....
🇺🇸 Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules (2026-03-31)
The ruling will likely have minimal effect on the federal money going to public media because Congress voted to claw back funding....
🇺🇸 Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded (2026-03-31)
A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.<br>...
🇺🇸 Judge permanently blocks Trump order ending NPR, PBS funding (2026-03-31)
A district court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday permanently blocked President Trump’s executive order to halt funding to National Public Radio (NPR) ...
🇺🇸 Judge Rules Trump’s Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR Was an Illegal First Amendment Violation (2026-03-31)
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to end funding for PBS and NPR public media violated the First Amendment. In a rul...
🇺🇸 Trump’s Executive Order To Restrict Federal Funding To NPR And PBS Violated Constitution, Judge Rules (2026-03-31)
A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s executive order that prohibited federal agencies from providing funding to NPR and PBS. U.S. District Judge Ran...
🇺🇸 PBS Teams With ITVS to Launch YouTube Documentaries Channel (2026-03-26)
The hub for nonfiction fare aims to help public television “meet new audiences where they already are,” says PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger....
🇺🇸 Oscar Winning ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ Director David Borenstein Lines Up Next Project With PBS, Reunites With Danish Team for ‘Living in Our Heads’ (EXCLUSIVE) (2026-03-20)
Earlier this week, American director David Borenstein was supposed to pitch his next project at CPH:DOX’s prestigious Forum platform. He had to pull o...