Education Week

Federal Funding Cuts Come for Big Bird: What’s Ahead for PBS Kids?

PBS Kids show characters including the title character from "Arthur" decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix, May 2, 2025. Federal funding cuts have put the educational content at PBS ...
Washington Examiner

Public broadcasting advocates lose Big Bird in their budget battle

Arts advocates are pushing back against President Trump’s proposed federal budget, which reopened the perennial fight over federal funding for the arts by calling for eliminating funding for the ...
The Root

Romney's PBS Cuts: Beyond Big Bird

(The Root) — One of the most memorable lines from last week’s presidential debate wasn’t about universal health care or even big government — it was about Big Bird. When Republican candidate Mitt ...

Big Bird and friends' final reckoning: Senate to vote on funding cuts to NPR, PBS

President Donald Trump wants to claw back $9.4 billion earmarked for foreign aid and funding PBS and NPR. The Senate has a Friday deadline to decide what to do.
The Times Leader

Obama campaign deploys Big Bird in new ad

(AP) President Barack Obama deployed Big Bird in a new campaign ad Tuesday mocking Mitt Romney’s vow to end federal funding for public broadcasting. Romney’s campaign dismissed it as an example of ...