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Trump Pushes $1.1 Billion Cuts to Public Broadcasting Funding

4/22/2025

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President Trump is set to urge Congress to cut $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting, specifically targeting NPR and PBS, which he claims exhibit anti-conservative bias. Supported by Republican leaders, this move seeks to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, igniting fierce debate over media impartiality and the role of public funding in journalism.

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President Trump is set to urge Congress to cut $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting, specifically targeting NPR and PBS, which he claims exhibit anti-conservative bias. Supported by Republican leaders, this move seeks to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, igniting fierce debate over media impartiality and the role of public funding in journalism.