WH Petitions Congress To Defund NPR And PBS

The Hill reports:

The White House is preparing a rescission package that will seek to have Congress claw back more than $9 billion in approved funding through cuts to public broadcasting, USAID and agencies Trump has sought to eliminate. That includes money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which oversees PBS and NPR, money for USAID and agencies like the U.S. Institute of Peace, which Trump aimed to dismantle.

The request cites various aspects of funding used by those organizations that do not align with the Trump administration’s priorities. It cites a PBS program from 2022 titled “Our League” about a transgender woman who comes out to members of their bowling league in Ohio. The request also notes NPR’s CEO, Katherine Maher, described Trump as a “fascist” in old social media posts.

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NPR and PBS have a right to publish their biased coverage—but they don’t have a right to spend taxpayer money on it.

It’s time to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.https://t.co/D9bwQcqabL

— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) April 14, 2025