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Trump demands end to NPR and PBS funding

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May 02, 2025
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National Public Radio and the Public Broadcast System receive public funds and Donald Trump wants that to end. In a late-night executive order—56 years to the day after Fred Rogers famously convinced Congress to fund PBS— Trump directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding the organizations. The CPB responded, saying he do…

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