Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
May 1, 2025, 8:25 PM
FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged 鈥渂ias鈥� in the broadcasters鈥� reporting.
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies 鈥渢o cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets 鈥渞eceive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’鈥�
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump’s election, as Republicans have long complained about them.
