US EditionJudge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
The injunction preserves federal support for public media after the judge found the order punished NPR and PBS for past speech.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibited federal agencies from funding National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
- Trump ordered the funding cut, claiming both entities provide biased coverage, while NPR and PBS challenged the directive as a violation of their First Amendment rights.
- Moss wrote that the government cannot punish "disfavored private speech," ruling the executive order unconstitutionally singles out speakers based on viewpoints the administration "does not like."
- Although the ruling blocks the executive order, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting previously initiated steps to dissolve after Congress rescinded federal funding last year.
- Public media remains in a precarious position, as the court's decision protects outlets from viewpoint-based retaliation while questions persist regarding the long-term future of federal grants.
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On May 1st, US President Donald Trump issued a decree ordering "to stop the federal funding of NPR and PBS", accused by the White House of relaying "left propaganda with taxpayers' money".
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Source New MexicoTrump order to block NPR, PBS funding was unlawful, judge rules
The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order last year that blocked funding from going to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss wrote in a 62-page order that while many of …
A judge today prevented an order from President Donald Trump to cut funding to US, NPR, and PBS public media.
Federal judge strikes down President Trump's executive order to end NPR and PBS' funding
(NBC, KYMA) - A federal judge blocked the Trump Administration from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order to end funding for PBS and NPR. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss says the order was unlawful and unenforceable and said, "The First Amendment does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type." NPR CEO Katherine Maher issued a statement saying in part, "Today's ruling is a decisive affirmatio…
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