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President Trump Asks Congress to Rescind All Federal Funding From Public Broadcasters
President Trump Asks Congress to Rescind All Federal Funding From Public Broadcasters originally appeared on L.A. Mag. The White House budget office on Tuesday sent Congress a proposal to repeal the $1.1 billion it has set aside for public broadcasting for the next two proposal, which also includes over $8 billion in foreign aid cuts, targets the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Local stations and public media networks have received federal funding through the CPB since 1967, under the Public Broadcasting Act. For most of its existence, CPB funding has received bipartisan support. Now, Trump allies are accusing public broadcasters of partisan bias. At a House subcommittee hearing earlier this spring, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Georgia) said public radio and television audiences are declining, and Americans no longer view NPR and PBS as 'trusted news sources.''NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical, left-wing echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly wealthy, white, urban liberals and progressives,' said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) mentioned the rescissions package last week in a post on X, vowing to act quickly to codify the cuts. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-New York) is the co-chair of the House Public Broadcasting Caucus. In a letter from May signed by 106 Democratic lawmakers to House appropriators, Goldman advocated for maintaining financial subsidies for 'timely, reliable local news and educational content,' which he said commercial newsrooms are less likely to invest in."In states such as Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Texas, rural public radio stations are often the only weekly or daily news source in their communities,' the letter said. 'Even in places with other daily or weekly news sources, those outlets may not be directing resources toward original or locally based stories, leaving it to public stations to fill the gap."Earlier this spring, President Trump attempted to remove three of CPB's five board members and issued an executive order to ban NPR and PBS from receiving any CPB funding. Other public broadcasters that receive funding from the corporation were also prohibited from sending it to the two national April, CPB sued the White House over Trump's attempt to remove its board members. In May, NPR sued the administration with three Colorado member stations over Trump's executive order. Three days later, PBS and a Minnesota affiliate followed with a joint lawsuit to challenge the order.A simple majority in each chamber of Congress must approve the rescission request within 45 days for the cuts to become law. In the meantime, officials from nearly 200 public radio stations are lobbying Congress with testimonies of the value they say public broadcasting provides to their regions. This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
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4 days ago
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President Trump Asks Congress to Rescind All Federal Funding From Public Broadcasters
President Trump Asks Congress to Rescind All Federal Funding From Public Broadcasters originally appeared on L.A. Mag. The White House budget office on Tuesday sent Congress a proposal to repeal the $1.1 billion it has set aside for public broadcasting for the next two proposal, which also includes over $8 billion in foreign aid cuts, targets the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Local stations and public media networks have received federal funding through the CPB since 1967, under the Public Broadcasting Act. For most of its existence, CPB funding has received bipartisan support. Now, Trump allies are accusing public broadcasters of partisan bias. At a House subcommittee hearing earlier this spring, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Georgia) said public radio and television audiences are declining, and Americans no longer view NPR and PBS as 'trusted news sources.''NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical, left-wing echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly wealthy, white, urban liberals and progressives,' said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) mentioned the rescissions package last week in a post on X, vowing to act quickly to codify the cuts. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-New York) is the co-chair of the House Public Broadcasting Caucus. In a letter from May signed by 106 Democratic lawmakers to House appropriators, Goldman advocated for maintaining financial subsidies for 'timely, reliable local news and educational content,' which he said commercial newsrooms are less likely to invest in."In states such as Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Texas, rural public radio stations are often the only weekly or daily news source in their communities,' the letter said. 'Even in places with other daily or weekly news sources, those outlets may not be directing resources toward original or locally based stories, leaving it to public stations to fill the gap."Earlier this spring, President Trump attempted to remove three of CPB's five board members and issued an executive order to ban NPR and PBS from receiving any CPB funding. Other public broadcasters that receive funding from the corporation were also prohibited from sending it to the two national April, CPB sued the White House over Trump's attempt to remove its board members. In May, NPR sued the administration with three Colorado member stations over Trump's executive order. Three days later, PBS and a Minnesota affiliate followed with a joint lawsuit to challenge the order.A simple majority in each chamber of Congress must approve the rescission request within 45 days for the cuts to become law. In the meantime, officials from nearly 200 public radio stations are lobbying Congress with testimonies of the value they say public broadcasting provides to their regions. This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
