"GOP Senator Proposes Defunding NPR Over Whistleblower Suspension and Media Bias"

GOP Senator Marsha Blackburn plans to propose legislation to cut federal funding for NPR after the suspension of an editor who exposed left-wing bias in the newsroom. The senator aims to prevent NPR from benefiting from public funds due to perceived ideological imbalance. Other Republican lawmakers are also seeking to defund NPR, citing the need for political diversity in public media. NPR has not provided a comment on the matter.