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Missing voices limit the storytelling

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

While uncertainty reigns, TPR has an idea of what could come as the administration levies concerted effort to defund public media.

When NPR is in the news, our journalists aim to cover what's happening the same way they cover any other organization. To do that, the NPR newsroom follows a process aimed at ensuring only a small number of employees, none of whom are directly involved in the news event, works on the coverage.

Hours after President Trump tried to remove three board members, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting responds with a lawsuit arguing he does not have that authority.

Trump and GOP members of Congress accuse the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. Trump plans a rescission, giving Congress 45 days to approve it or allow funding to be restored.

The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming.

A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.

March 26, 2025; Washington, D.C. – This morning, NPR President & CEO Katherine Maher and PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger will appear as witnesses at a hearing called by the House Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee.

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.