The House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation Thursday to claw back two years of federal funding for public media outlets. President Trump has asked Congress for this rescission.
He has labeled NPR and PBS and their affiliates as ideologically biased, and the move to strip them of federal support is part of the president’s continued attacks on mainstream media outlets.
The legislation is the first request by the Trump administration for Congress to rescind money for programs that were already approved in annual spending bills. The bill, which reflects a list of cuts requested by the Office of Management and Budget, includes a total of $9.4 billion in cuts. The bulk of the cuts — $8.3 billion — are to foreign aid programs, most specifically overseen by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) addressing global public health, international disaster assistance and hunger relief.
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