US EditionNPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding
- On Tuesday, NPR along with a trio of public radio stations from Colorado initiated a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration in response to an executive order affecting their financial support.
- The order, issued in early May, bars recipients of federal funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from sending money to NPR and PBS as part of a broader attack on public media.
- NPR, which gets about 1% of its revenue from CPB, has a weekly audience exceeding 43 million, and the lawsuit claims the order unlawfully usurps Congress's power to allocate funds.
- NPR President Katherine Maher described the order as "retaliatory, viewpoint-based discrimination" violating the First Amendment, while the suit calls it "textbook retaliation" and an existential threat.
- Patricia Harrison, who previously served as chair of the Republican National Committee, leads the CPB, which has disregarded the executive order by maintaining its current board members and continuing to provide funding while the dispute is resolved in federal court.
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NPR sues over Trump order cutting off its funding, citing First Amendment • Kentucky Lantern
The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A collection of National Public Radio stations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, seeking to block an executive order that would cut off their federal funding. The 43-page filing says the order that President Donald Trump signed earlier this month “violates the expressed will of Congress …
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NPR is suing president over federal funds cuts
NEW YORK — National Public Radio and three of its local stations sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing his executive order cutting funding to the 246-station network violates their free speech and relies on authority he does not have.
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