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.

In a sweeping and controversial move, President Donald Trump’s administration has officially shut down the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), ending more than five decades of federal funding for public media organizations including PBS,