Daily News Roundup: Public TV and Arts Agencies Reportedly on Trump’s Chopping Block

Trump Team Said to Adopt Budget-Slashing Heritage Foundation Plan: The new administration aims to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of a plan promulgated by the conservative think tank to cut federal outlays by $10.5 trillion over 10 years, according to The Hill.

The report rapidly fueled alarm among arts and humanities nonprofits, with leaders in the field vowing to mobilize in defense of the grant-making endowments, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes. Washington Post art critic Philip Kennicott assesses the practical and symbolic impact of shuttering the federal culture agencies.

Obamas Aim to Make Foundation a Laboratory for Citizenship: In a video message as they leave the White House, President Obama and Michelle Obama asked Americans to submit ideas to make the Obama Foundation, the nonprofit building the president’s library in Chicago, into a national “start-up” for promoting citizenship and “true democracy,” reports The Hill.

Jewish Community Centers Hit by Another Round of Bomb Threats: More than 30 centers across the country received threatening calls in the second wave of bomb scares this month targeting Jewish organizations, reports The Washington Post. As with the previous incidents, no attacks materialized and no one was injured.

Scores of D.C. Eateries to Donate Profits From Inauguration Weekend: More than 120 restaurants, cafes, and bars have pledged a portion of their proceeds from the potentially lucrative weekend to local charities as well as national groups opposing the new administration on issues such as immigration, abortion, and LGBT rights, The Washington Post writes.

N.Y. Museum Director Cites Political Shift in Abrupt Exit: Five months after his hiring, Jorge Daniel Veneciano resigned from the Museum of Arts and Design to focus on writing and consulting on culture policy and immigration, The New York Times reports. “Current political events compel me to turn my attention to pressing needs in the cultural sector,” he said.

Calif. Nonprofit Hospital Closing as Charity-Care Provision Sinks Sale: A for-profit management company dropped plans to buy debt-ridden Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center after California’s attorney general conditioned approval of the deal on the new owner providing $2.25 million annually in charity care for six years, reports Becker’s Hospital Review.