US EditionPublic broadcasting officials vow to fight Trump’s cuts
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Thursday to cut federal subsidies to PBS and NPR, the nation’s public broadcasters.
- The order follows Trump’s broader second-term efforts to use federal powers to limit institutions, especially media outlets he deems politically biased.
- PBS and NPR receive about $500 million annually through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funding roughly 330 PBS and 246 NPR local stations, with 70% going directly to these stations.
- NPR CEO Katherine Maher pledged to robustly protect their rights and to contest the executive order through every possible avenue, while PBS CEO Paula Kerger condemned the order as clearly illegal.
- The public broadcasting system faces its biggest crisis in nearly 60 years, with a court fight underway and uncertain effects on local station viability and educational programming.
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fredericksburg.comTrump directs funding cuts to PBS, NPR
The nation's public broadcasting system — decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and "All Things Considered" — faces the biggest crisis in its nearly 60-year history with President Donald Trump's order to slash federal subsidies.
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