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DOGE tried to assign a team to the GAO
US President Donald Trump’s agency DOGE has contacted several private nonprofits that receive federal funding but are not considered government agencies, reports said. In April, DOGE’s staff met with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to discuss staffing cuts, reports added. In May, DOGE approached the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Vera Institute of…
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The judge blocks use of the Alien Enemies Act
US President Donald Trump’s executive order to end public broadcaster NPR’s federal funding has been challenged by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CBS) in a legal battle. CBS argued that Trump doesn’t have the power to take these actions. It added that a Supreme Court ruling had earlier held that a President can’t remove board…
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The president stopped federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump has directed Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors to “cease federal funding” for NPR and PBS. “Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter,” the executive order said. Trump also announced his decision to remove three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally chartered entity that disburses federal…
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Trump plans to stop funding NPR and PBS
US President Donald Trump has suggested ending federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR) and PBS. He said, “There should be a much simpler way to pay for public media.” The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit that partly funding NPR and PBS. NPR and PBS have denied that their corporate sponsorships…