Trump terminates NPR, PBS federal funding with sweeping executive order
President Trump signed an executive order late Thursday terminating federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Trump signs order to block funding to public radio
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked.
Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS," the nation's primary public broadcasters. Trump contends that news coverage by NPR and PBS contains a left-wing bias. The federal funding for NPR and PBS is appropriated by Congress.
Trump signs order to cut funding to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS, two independent public news organizations that have faced Republicans’ ire for reporting they claim is biased.
The extraordinary order, which the president signed behind closed doors aboard Air Force One and the White House announced around midnight, is the biggest escalation yet in the Trump administration’s assault on the media.
PBS, NPR Cover Their Own Bosses, Downplay Ridiculous Bias Denial
PBS and NPR each faced the difficulty on Wednesday night of covering their own bosses taking tough questions from Republicans at the Capitol in a hearing on Wednesday. PBS actually aired a Republican citing us -- just as a "conservative media watchdog group." NPR didn't want to seriously engage in anything.
NPR, PBS heads answer lawmakers' allegations of bias
NPR CEO Katherine Maher and her counterpart at PBS, Paula Kerger, appeared Wednesday before a House subcommittee on government efficiency, where they defended public broadcasting against accusations by Republican lawmakers of political bias.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene scolds NPR CEO over personal views during fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., scolded NPR CEO Katherine Maher over her past statements during Wednesday’s fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing on alleged biased content on public media.
NPR Reporter Danielle Kurtzleben Identified in Trump Incident, Sparking Debate Over Political Leanings
A controversy erupted today as conservative commentator Laura Loomer identified NPR White House reporter Danielle Kurtzleben as the journalist allegedly involved in an incident where President Donald Trump was struck in the face with a boom microphone. The incident, which reportedly occurred on a tarmac during a press interaction on Friday night, has ignited a firestorm of speculation about Kurtzleben’s political leanings and her role as a newly appointed White House correspondent.
NPR public editor ‘really uncomfortable’ with censorship of Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story — but gives her own outlet a pass
National Public Radio’s public editor said she was “really uncomfortable” with large tech companies “censoring” The Post’s reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop — but gave her own outlet a free pass for declining to cover the story. Kelly McBride, who has been NPR’s ombudsman since 2020, told The Wrap that tech firms such as X and Facebook were wrong to prevent users from sharing links to The Post’s revelations about the laptop, whose hard drive included emails linking the Biden family to a Ukrainian businessman. “I was really uncomfortable...
More chaos at The Washington Post as the publisher’s ethics are questioned
Will Lewis, publisher of The Washington Post, is not having a good week.
And you can’t help but wonder what his long-term future is at a job he has held for only a few months.
Lewis was already in the middle of chaos when the week began. Post executive editor Sally Buzbee resigned abruptly over the weekend as Lewis announced a major shakeup in how the newsroom would operate going forward.