As Sesame Street’s 56th season gets underway, Elmo, Big Bird, and the Sesame organization are navigating a volatile chapter in the show’s history—marked by government funding cuts, evolving new media ...

A rumor that circulated online in May 2025 claimed mean-spirited "Sesame Street" characters parodying Donald Trump in past decades were what prompted the U.S. president to eliminate federal funding ...

Republican lawmakers called to defund PBS after the television station’s long-running children’s show, "Sesame Street," celebrated LGBTQ "Pride" Month on social media. The children’s show went viral ...