National Public Radio

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Maintains the congressional retirement tracker

Nearly one in five lawmakers who started the 119th Congress won't return next year. The 2026 primary season closed with 99 seats guaranteed to have a different member than when the Congress began in January 2025.

Updated Sep 16

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Operating; supporting struggling member stations

For 58 years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting channeled federal funds to 1,500 local radio and TV stations. On January 5, 2026, its board voted to dissolve rather than exist in a defunded state. Eight days later, PBS News Weekend aired its final broadcast—the first major national programming casualty of Congress's $1.1 billion rescission.

Updated May 20