And from there to get the news that they’re being defunded was an absolute gut punch after decades of climbing this mountain.” Two weeks ago, Congress approved President Trump’s plan to pull back funding for public broadcasting — just the latest chapter,

The closure marks a victory in Donald Trump’s war against public media. The CPB’s announcement cites the federal recissions package, which clawed back $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for the organization, and its exclusion from a fiscal spending bill for the first time in over five decades.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it’s shutting down after nearly six decades. The move by CPB — which has provided funding to PBS and NPR — to wind down comes after President Trump led a successful effort to defund public media.