Funding for NPR and PBS will be cut by Trump

Activists sue the Trump administration for making public broadcasting networks rescissive: A lawsuit against the U.S. government

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Earlier this month, on social media platforms, Trump blasted the two primary public broadcasting networks, posting in all caps: “REPUBLICANS MUST DEFUND AND TOTALLY DISASSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM NPR & PBS, THE RADICAL LEFT ‘MONSTERS’ THAT SO BADLY HURT OUR COUNTRY!”

Workers have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The USIP headquarters will be leased to the U.S. Labor Department, according to an attorney for the Justice Department. The judge in the case said that the administration has adopted abull in a china shop approach and did not want to issue a temporary restraining order.

The White House succeeded in previously unimaginable ways thanks to the assistance of Washington, DC. police officers and Trump’s budget-slashing DOGE initiative. It is funded by Congress and is an independent nonprofit.

Source: Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS

The Claims Against Donald Trump: Trump Plans Order to Severely Overstep the Rules of the House Oversight Subcommittee

Those lawsuits — and others — argue that Trump has far exceeded the expansive powers of the presidency, usurping Congressional prerogatives, trampling on due process and eroding free speech rights.

In New York, a judge has placed a temporary restraining order on presidential adviser Kari Lake’s attempt to shut down the federally owned Voice of America. The judge in Washington ruled that the government had to keep sending money to radiofree europe and radioliberator.

The networks say the agency and Congress have encouraged them repeatedly to develop a greater share of private financial support. They have worked assiduously for years with the FCC to ensure that their spots fall within FCC guidelines. The early months of the Trump presidency have seen other news organizations move into the crosshairs.

The president is thought to have been influenced by the House Oversight subcommittee hearing in late March. The panel called NPR and PBS’ chiefs to testify, alleging the networks’ news coverage is biased against conservatives.

Public broadcasting has mostly enjoyed bipartisan support, allowing it to survive periodic conservative pushes to strip the system of taxpayer dollars.

“Without PBS, without NPR, you wouldn’t hear stories — news stories, public affairs stories, community stories — from Alaska,” Alaska Public Media CEO and President Ed Ulman said. They were not shown on the PBS NewsHour. This is crucial. It’s important for Alaskans to know that they are connected to their nation and that what they do in Alaska matters to our nation.

NPR said that eliminating funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would have a devastating impact on American communities who depend on public radio for local and national news.

President Trump is expected to propose rescinding $1.1 billion — two years worth of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, a congressionally chartered independent nonprofit organization that in turn partially funds NPR and PBS.

Congress allocated $535 million for the CPB for the current fiscal year — an amount affirmed in a recent stop-gap bill passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House and Senate. Congress approved the budgets for the first two years, shielding them from political pressures, through Sept 30, 2027.

Source: Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS

Reply to Kerger and Comer on a Report of a Young Performer in Drag, Never Aerialized on PBS

They queried PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger about a video involving a performer in drag singing a variation on a children’s song for a young audience. (Kerger testified that the video was posted on the website of PBS’s New York City member station and never aired on television.)

Republicans assailed NPR chief Katherine Maher for political messages she’d posted to social media long before she became the network’s CEO and president in March 2024. Their questions focused on stories she had written before arriving at NPR.

Some Republican lawmakers, however, vented about what they saw as biased reporting. The chair of the subcommittee held the hearing and said “You can hate us on your own dime.” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., complained about NPR’s coverage of how he structured his investments with a shell company.

“We serve the public interest. It’s not just in our name — it’s our mission. Across the country, locally owned public media stations represent a proud American tradition of public-private partnership for our shared common good,” it said.

Morning Edition and All Things Considered are produced by NPR while PBS features nightly News Hour with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.

A White House official who spoke to NPR said the Trump administration is planning to eliminate all federal funding for public media. The memo, which the administration plans to send to Congress on April 28, will initiate a 45-day period in which the House and Senate can either approve the rescission or allow the money to be restored.

The House and the Senate can either approve or reject the rescission if the memo the administration is planning to send to Congress is approved by both houses.

Trump aims to lower drug prices. And, Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened: The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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President Trump signed an executive action yesterday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans. A White House official said the move would include “delivering lower prices to seniors” and building on Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices.

Trump threatened yesterday to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status. This statement comes a day after the administration’s decision to cut over $2 billion in federal funding and grants to the school. The funding freeze was prompted by the president of Harvard’s refusal to comply with government demands, including making changes to hiring and admissions policies and getting rid of DEI programs.

Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the Trump administration to provide more details on whether it has done enough to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return. He is the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month. Abrego Garcia’s family has sued the government to bring him back to the U.S. The case is one of the high-profile lawsuits against Trump.

Source: Trump aims to lower drug prices. And, Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened

Prose To The People: A Journey Through the Black Bookshops of Kenya and Uganda ’tilts For Missing Time’

The book is called Prose To The People and celebrates Black bookstores. The country’s literary landscape has been shaped by over 50 bookshops. The collection has been described as a road trip companion for people who love bookstores. Katie Mitchell, the book’s editor, explains that she sees these bookstores as being transformative, akin to Black colleges. She says they have often been under studied. Mitchell hopes readers will be inspired to visit these bookstores whenever they find themselves in the respective cities. From Raleigh, N.C., to Portland, Ore., the featured bookstore owners will tell their shops’ stories. Click here to read the full transcript.

You don’t have to be a grandma to join the Grannies International Football Tournament; you just have to be under 50 years old. GIFT believes you are never too old to play soccer, and most women playing in GIFT are receiving the adoration they never dreamed of on the field. Of the participating teams — from rural Kenya to suburban France — many players grew up in worlds where soccer was for boys. They often gave up their ambitions to make space for those who depended on them. Now, you can see it on their faces while competing: They are making up for lost time.