NPR sues Trump over order to cut funding
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National Public Radio (NPR) has initiated a legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s administration concerning his executive order that targets funding for public broadcasting. NPR’s lawsuit claims that this action infringes upon the First Amendment rights of the organization.

The lawsuit, which NPR has submitted in a federal court located in Washington, D.C., contends that Trump’s executive order “blatantly contradicts laws properly passed by Congress and infringes upon the Separation of Powers and the Spending Clause by ignoring Congressional directives. Additionally, it breaches the First Amendment rights related to freedom of speech and the press.”

“The intentions behind the Order are distinctly evident,” the lawsuit states. “The purpose of the Order is to retaliate against NPR for producing news and programming that the President finds unfavorable, thereby creating a chilling effect on free expression.”

exercise of First Amendment rights by NPR and individual public radio stations across the country.”

Trump’s executive order, signed earlier this month, directs Congress to strip federal funding from NPR and PBS, saying “no media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.”

“Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to tax paying citizens,” the order reads.

In <a href="To: Dominick Mastrangelo <DMastrangelo@TheHill.com>; Ian Swanson <ISwanson@TheHill.com>; TheHill-blg-grp a statement on Tuesday morning, NPR CEO Katherine Maher called Trump’s order “unlawful” and said the president is targeting her outlet because of his perception of liberal bias in its editorial content.

“NPR will never agree to this infringement of our constitutional rights, or the constitutional rights of our Member stations, and NPR will not compromise our commitment to an independent free press and journalistic integrity,” Maher said.

The suit comes as a push to strip funding from the broadcaster appears to be gaining steam among Republican lawmakers, though some have expressed skepticism.

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