President Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged 바카라 게임 웹사이트bias바카라 게임 웹사이트 in the broadcasters바카라 게임 웹사이트 reporting.
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies 바카라 게임 웹사이트to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets 바카라 게임 웹사이트receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.'바카라 게임 웹사이트
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election, as Republicans have long complained about them.
Paula Kerger, PBS바카라 게임 웹사이트 CEO and president, said in a statement last month that the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s effort to rescind funding for public media would 바카라 게임 웹사이트disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s nothing more American than PBS, and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board, contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quorum needed to conduct business.
Just two weeks ago, the White House said it would be asking Congress to rescind funding for the CPB as part of a $9.1 billion package of cuts. That package, however, which budget director Russell Vought said would likely be the first of several, has not yet been sent to Capitol Hill.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed.