An anti-Israel activist whom NPR once featured as a model of civic engagement now headlines pro‑Iran propaganda from an IRGC facility—a stunning turn that reveals the risks of mainstream platforms promoting radical voices.
President Donald Trump achieved a long-sought conservative victory as the House passed a $9 billion rescissions package late Thursday in a narrow 216 to 213 vote. The bill slashes federal spending by cutting off taxpayer funding for left-leaning public broadcasting networks NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Once signed into law by President Trump, the measure will mark the first successful rollback of already-appropriated congressional funds in decades.
NPR is facing major funding challenges after the Senate voted to eliminate public broadcasting grants—and rural communities are caught in the political crossfire, according to NPR CEO Katherine Maher.
The House of Representatives is preparing to pass a rescissions bill that would eliminate approximately $9 billion in spending, including $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports NPR and PBS.
In a brazen display of National Public Radio (NPR) climate intolerance, Kansas City NPR reporter Sam Zeff mocked recent meteorology graduate Chris Martz for challenging climate change narratives, sneering on X that Martz “wasted [his] money on [his] degree.”
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a coalition of 23 Democrat-led states backing lawsuits filed by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut federal funding to public media. The lawsuits argue that eliminating taxpayer support will harm emergency broadcasting services and educational programming, particularly in rural and tribal areas.
NPR and PBS received millions more in taxpayer dollars than they disclosed on their official tax filings for Fiscal Year 2023, according to a new report by government watchdog OpenTheBooks. The revelation has renewed calls from Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump to defund both media entities over alleged bias and misuse of public funds.