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Trump signs executive order to cut funding for public broadcasters

Trmp cuts funds for pbs and npr

Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to cut public funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, accusing them of leftwing bias.

The order, signed late on Thursday, directs the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which sends funds to NPR and PBS, to “cease federal funding” for the two outlets.

“Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence,” the order says.

“At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage.

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Maggie Haberman Warns How Donald Trump’s About To Ramp Things Up. And Not In A Good Way.

Maggie HabermanThe New York Times’ Maggie Haberman said that while the pace of activity of Donald Trump’s White House in his early days back in office has slowed in recent weeks, she expects a new wave of aggressive action from the president soon.

“I think it will ramp up again,” Haberman told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday during a segment marking the 100th day of Trump’s second term.

Trump returned to office with a clear plan “for certain things,” she noted.

“Clearly, trade has not been some well-thought-out plan, but on immigration it absolutely was,” Haberman continued. “On a number of the executive orders he’s taken, and executive actions he’s done, it absolutely was.”

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FCC commissioner: Trump on a mission to ‘censor and control’ media

Gomez fccA commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is warning that President Trump’s administration is attempting to intimidate or crack down on media companies that are unsupportive of his agenda.

“Let’s be clear: What this administration is doing is, it is on a campaign to censor and control,” FCC commissioner Anna Gomez said Monday during an appearance on CNN. “And in particular with broadcasters, it is harassing them … into covering the news the way they want it to be covered.”

Gomez had been asked about pending litigation between Trump and Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News.

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Amid Trump absence, WH Correspondents’ dinner delivers defiant message: We’re not the ‘enemy of the people’

WH correspondentsJournalists at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner offered an impassioned defense of their work at the annual event — which broke with tradition and featured neither the president nor a comedian — saying defiantly, “We are not the enemy of the state.”

“Our responsibility is not to align with any one party or any one of gender, but to serve the people of this country with integrity and dedication,” WHCA President Eugene Daniels said Saturday at the Washington Hilton hotel as members of the press, lawmakers and a smattering of Hollywood stars came together for the 111th annual dinner.

“We care deeply about accuracy and take seriously the heavy responsibility of being stewards of the public’s trust. What we are not is the opposition,” Daniels said to applause, before appearing to push back on remarks made in the past by President Trump.

“What we are not is the enemy of the people,” Daniels said, without naming the president.

Trump has repeatedly called the “fake news media” the “enemy of the people.”

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Justice Department revokes Biden-era protections for reporters in leak investigations

protections for jounalists removed

The Justice Department on Friday rescinded a Biden-era policy that provided protections to journalists in leak investigations, paving the way for authorities to once again use subpoenas and compel testimony from reporters in probes targeting leakers.

"Federal government employees intentionally leaking sensitive information to the media undermines the ability of the Department of Justice to uphold the rule of law, protect civil rights, and keep America safe. This conduct is illegal and wrong, and it must stop," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an internal memo issued on Friday and obtained by NPR.

She said the DOJ's policy allows for subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to get information and testimony from journalists. Such actions must be approved by DOJ leadership and journalists must get advance notice of them. The actions also must be as narrow as possible to avoid interfering with news gathering or "potentially protected materials," the memo states.

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Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America

LamberthA federal judge on Tuesday found the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Voice of America (VOA) and affiliated news services likely were unlawful, indefinitely blocking the shuttering of the government-funded news outlet and affiliated news services.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered VOA’s parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), to restore VOA and other outlets under the USAGM’s umbrella and barred the agency from preventing them from serving as “consistently reliable and authoritative” news sources, as is required by law.

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'60 Minutes' producer Bill Owens steps down amid FCC investigation of CBS

Bill OwensBill Owens, the longtime executive producer of CBS News' "60 Minutes," is stepping down over concerns about editorial independence, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on April 22.

Owens' departure follows a monthslong legal battle with President Donald Trump, who sued CBS in October 2024 over a "60 Minutes" interview with his Democratic rival for the White House, former Vice President Kamala Harris. Earlier this month, the case entered mediation.

"Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it. To make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience," Owens wrote in a note to the "60 Minutes" staff. After defending the show "from every angle, over time with everything I could," he has elected to step aside.

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