Trump Signs Executive Order To Slash Taxpayer Funds To Pbs, Npr: ‘radical, Woke Propaganda’

President Donald Trump connected Thursday signed an executive bid to slash payer costs to PBS and NPR, 2 media outlets nan White House accused of spreading "radical woke propaganda." 

The bid instructs nan Corporation for Public Broadcasting and different national agencies "to cease Federal backing for NPR and PBS." It further requires that they activity to guidelines retired indirect sources of nationalist financing for nan news organizations. 

"[President Trump] conscionable signed an executive bid ENDING nan taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS – which person millions from taxpayers to dispersed radical, woke propaganda disguised arsenic ‘news,’" nan White House posted successful a connection connected X. 

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The broadcasters get astir half a cardinal dollars successful nationalist money done nan Corporation for Public Broadcasting and person been preparing for nan anticipation of stiff cuts since Trump's re-election.

PBS' CEO and president Paula Kerger said past period that nan Trump administration's effort to rescind backing for nationalist media would "disrupt nan basal work PBS and section personnel stations supply to nan American people."

The office for National Public Radio (NPR) successful Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

"There's thing much American than PBS, and our activity is only imaginable because of nan bipartisan support we person ever received from Congress," she said. "This public-private business allows america to thief hole millions of children for occurrence successful schoolhouse and successful life and besides supports enriching and inspiring programs of nan highest quality."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week complete his move to occurrence 3 members of its five-person board, contending that nan president was exceeding his authority and that nan move would deprive nan committee of a quorum needed to behaviour business.

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President Donald Trump arrives to springiness a commencement reside astatine nan University of Alabama connected Thursday successful Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Thursday's move against PBS and NPR comes arsenic his management has been moving to dismantle nan U.S. Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which were designed to exemplary independent news gathering globally successful societies that restrict nan press. 

Those efforts person faced pushback from national courts, which person ruled successful immoderate cases that nan Trump management whitethorn person overstepped its authority successful holding backmost costs appropriated to nan outlets by Congress.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to PBS and NPR for a consequence to Trump's executive order. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.