Pakistan, May 8 -- The Trump administration has officially ended the federal Ready To Learn grant, cutting vital funding for popular PBS children's shows such as Sesame Street, Molly of Denali, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) confirmed the move on Tuesday, following an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at defunding NPR and PBS over alleged political bias.

The $23 million Ready To Learn grant supported a wide range of educational content focused on early childhood development and literacy. It helped create both classic and new programming, including Reading Rainbow, Lyla in the Loop, and Work It Out Wombats!. The Department of Education stated it would now prioritize programming th...