On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) applauded President Donald Trump for announcing plans to strip federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) due to its “lengthy history of anti-conservative bias.” This move comes after Strong introduced the No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025 in February to achieve the same ends.
In a memo drafted by Trump's budget director Russ Vought, lawmakers were asked to cut $1.1 billion meant for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which runs NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the New York Post first reported. The memo also asked for a clawback of $8.3 billion from USAID.
Vought’s memo referenced two recent PBS shows promoting transgender characters and NPR CEO Katherine Maher's previous statements calling Trump a "fascist" and "deranged racist," which she later recanted before Congress.
“This is long overdue,” Strong posted on X. “Thank you [President Trump] — I look forward to working with you on my bill, the No More Funding for NPR Act, to ensure that hard-earned taxpayer dollars are no longer used to promote the liberal left’s ideology.”
According to Fox News, Trump said of NPR in March, "They spend more money than any other network of its type ever conceived, so the kind of money that's being wasted, and it's a very biased view, you know that better than anybody. And I'd be honored to see it end.”
NPR's website states that 1% of its annual budget comes from federal funding. However, its 246 member institutions receive up to 10% of their revenues from CPB, and PBS receives 15%.
"Eliminating funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would have a devastating impact on American communities across the nation that rely on public radio for trusted local and national news, culture, lifesaving emergency alerts, and public safety information," NPR stated in response to the memo. "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."
Trump is expected to officially send his plans to Congress after the Easter break. Lawmakers will have 45 days to approve the measure.
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