The administration is starting to make good on its promise to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The $23 million "Ready to Learn" grant has funded shows like Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow.

This week the Trump administration fired hundreds of workers at broadcaster Voice of America. Contractors, mostly journalists, made up the bulk of the nearly 600 removals. The administration also put up for sale the building that houses the organization in Washington.

The U.S. Department of Defense is placing new restrictions on where journalists may roam within the Pentagon, unless accompanied by an approved DOD escort. The restricted areas include the offices of the Secretary of Defense, his aides, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the memo announcing the new restrictions, the Secretary of Defense also announced that journalists would need to undergo a new credentialing process in the coming weeks.

The Trump administration sent a $9.4 billion budget rescissions request to Congress. Rescissions ask lawmakers to 'take-back' money it has allocated but that the administration can't or won't spend. The request would cancel $1.1 billion in public broadcast through 2027. The request also includes cuts to foreign policy and other program cuts identified by DOGE.

Hundreds of Voice of America employees received layoff notices this week, effectively shutting down the news outlet that had been in service providing American-produced news and info around the world since WWII. Among the 639 employees let go were employees of VOA's persian-language service who had been brought back from administrative leave a week ago following Israel's bombardment of Iran. All told, 1,400 people have been let go from VOA and its parent agency. Kari Lake, the Trump II administration appointee overseeing the agency, blasted it as a "bloated, unaccountable bureaucracy ... riddled with dysfunction, bias, and waste. That ends now."

The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to take action to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising. This includes increasing the amount of information about any risks associated with the use of any such prescription drug in advertisements, as well as enforcing the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's prescription drug advertising provisions. The goal is to ensure truthful and non-misleading information in these advertisements.

The nominations document announces that Sarah B. Rogers of New York has been nominated to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media and that withdrawals were sent to the Senate for William Hewes III, nominated to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a seven-year term from October 27, 2024, and for Jeremy Carl, nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organizations). The item provides the dates the original nominations were sent to the Senate (January 13, 2026 for the withdrawn nominations) and specifies the agency assignments and term information for the withdrawn Commissioner nomination.

The order directs federal agencies to ensure that no college football playoff or other postseason college football game is broadcast in direct conflict with the Army‑Navy Game by coordinating an exclusive broadcast window for the second Saturday in December. It instructs the Secretary of Commerce and the FCC Chair to work with the CFP Committee, the NCAA, related organizations, appropriate government agencies, and broadcast/media rights partners to establish that exclusive window and directs the FCC Chair to consider reviewing broadcast licensees’ public interest obligations to determine whether the Army‑Navy Game should remain a national service event.