White House and Trump seek $9.4 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and federal programs
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President Trump has formally requested Congress to rescind $1.1 billion allocated for public broadcasters NPR and PBS, as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending and challenge these networks, which he and some Republicans accuse of bias. The move is part of a larger package of budget clawbacks and has sparked bipartisan debate and legal challenges, with some Democrats and public advocates defending the importance of public broadcasting for local communities.
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- .@ElonMusk and the entire @DOGE team have done INCREDIBLE work exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government - from the insanity of USAID’s spending to finding over 12 million people on Social Security who were over 120 years old x.com
- Trump asks Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in DOGE savings, hits NPR and PBS USA Today
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