NPR was long lambasted by President Trump and other Republicans as a left-leaning institution that didn’t deserve taxpayer money, and after years of banter, federal funding was cut in 2025.
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NPRwaslonglambastedbyPresident DonaldTrump andotherRepublicansasaleft-leaninginstitutionthatdidn’tdeservetaxpayermoney,butafteryearsofbanter,federalfundingwasfinallycutin2025.
Trump saidhe“wouldloveto”removefederalfundingoutletsNPRandPBSduringameetingattheWhiteHouseinlateMarch–andhefulfilledthatgoalinJulywhenhesignedintolawhisroughly$9billionrescissionspackage.
Thepackageincludedover$1billionincutsfromtheCorporationforPublicBroadcasting(CPB),thegovernment-backedfundingarmforNPRandPBS. Theclawbackpackageteedupcutsto“woke”spendingonforeignaidprogramsandpublicmedia,asRepublicansfinallyyankedfederalmoneyfromNPRinamoveadvocatessaidwaslongoverdue.
NPRCEOKATHERINEMAHERVENTS‘DEEPFRUSTRATION’OVERGOPCUTS,SAYSITWILLCONTINUETOOPERATE
OnceTrumpreturnedtotheWhiteHouse,strippingpublicm
