Trump asks Congress to pull $9.4 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

President Trump formally asked Congress on Tuesday to rescind $9.4 billion in already approved funding for foreign aid and the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds NPR and PBS. Why it matters: The rescissions package is an attempt to codify DOGE-driven cuts amid a wider push a wider push from the Trump administration to target traditional news organizations Republicans perceive as as biased against them.NPR and PBS are suing the administration after Trump signed an executive order last month that directed CPB to "cease direct funding" for the two biggest public broadcasters in the U.S., which he called "biased."Details: Congressional Republican leaders in a Tuesday night joint statement confirmed they had received Trump's recessions request to revoke $8.3 billion in funding for foreign assistance and $1.1 billion from the CPB."Now that this wasteful spending by the federal government has been identified by DOGE, quantified by the Administration, and sent to Congress, House Republicans will fulfill our mandate and continue codifying into law a more efficient federal government," per the statement that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) posted on X. "This is exactly what the American people deserve," the statement added. "Next week, we will put the rescissions bill on the floor of the House and encourage all our Members to support this commonsense measure."What they're saying: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is warning that she's concerned by cuts to AIDS relief in Africa in the rescissions package the White House sent to Congress."I am concerned about PEPFAR — very concerned — and it looks like there's a cut, but I need to look at it more closely," she said.Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) thinks the package, which also cuts funding to NPR and PBS, will ultimately pass.

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