White House readies plan for Congress to ax taxpayer funding for NPR, PBS

Source: https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/us-news/white-house-sends-congress-plan-to-ax-all-public-broadcasting-funds-and-codify-doge-aid-cuts/
Published: Apr 15, 2025
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2025-04-15 10:29:16 by Horse
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The Trump administration took its first step Monday toward ending federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) — informing key members of Congress that it’s asking for them to eliminate “all” such spending while also codifying foreign aid cuts identified by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The major funding changes are contained in a long-awaited “rescissions” plan, obtained and first reported by The Post, that pitches a clawback of $1.1 billion appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and $8.3 billion from USAID.

A memo drafted by White House budget director Russ Vought — and requested by GOP congressional leaders — accuses CPB of a “lengthy history of anti- conservative bias” and cites “waste, fraud, and abuse” at USAID.

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