Trump axes funding to PBS, NPR in new executive order

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the end of federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The order cites concerns over journalistic bias and calls public funding of these organizations outdated and incompatible with principles of neutrality in news reporting.

The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which allocates federal funds to NPR and PBS, to halt both direct and indirect financial support. According to the order, this policy shift stems from the belief that public broadcasting no longer serves its intended purpose in a media landscape that has become diverse and saturated with alternative news sources.

🚨 BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS — which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”

Here is the text of the order:

By the authority vested in me as President by the…

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