Pres. Donald Trump has signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease direct funding to NPR and PBS.”
As part of his events marking 100 days in office, President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet officials on Wednesday for a meeting at the White House.
Trump also sat down exclusively with ABC News on Tuesday for the first broadcast interview marking this milestone of his second term.
These first three months of Trump’s term have been defined by his sweeping changes to the federal government, his immigration crackdown, and his implementation of tariffs against virtually all U.S. trade partners.
Executive order blocks federal funding to NPR, PBS
On his way to Florida aboard Air Force One on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease direct funding to NPR and PBS.”
According to a fact sheet from the White House, the order blocks federal funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service to the maximum extent allowed by law. It also prevents indirect funding to PBS and NPR by prohibiting local public radio and television stations, and any other recipients of CPB funds, from using taxpayer dollars to support the organizations.
The order mandates that the CPB revise its 2025 General Provisions to explicitly prohibit direct or indirect funding to NPR and PBS. It directs all federal agencies to terminate any direct or indirect funding to NPR and PBS and to review existing grants and contracts for compliance. Additionally, it instructs the Federal Communications Commission and relevant agencies to investigate whether NPR and PBS have engaged in unlawful discrimination.
In the fact sheet, the White House claims the two news organizations “have fueled partisanship and left-wing propaganda with taxpayer dollars.”
NPR and PBS are primarily funded through a combination of public and private sources. The CPB, a federal agency, provides a portion of the funding, along with private donations from individuals, foundations and corporations.
Trump touts 1st 100 days in University of Alabama speech, offers advice
Graduates at the University of Alabama greeted President Donald Trump with loud cheers and applause as he touted the first 100 days of his second term and offered advice in an address.
In his speech, Trump, who called his audience the first graduating class of the “golden age of America,” referenced his second-term agenda and blasted judges who have impeded parts of his immigration policy.
“They have to let us do the job that the voters want us to do,” Trump said. “Judges are interfering, supposedly based on due process. But how can you give due process to people who came into our country illegally? They want to give them due process. I don’t know.”
Trump also shared his experiences of “beating the odds” and told the graduates to be passionate about what they do and think big.
“If you want to change the world you have to have the courage to be an outsider,” he said. “In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently. Otherwise, if that weren’t the case, everybody would be successful.”
