Trump order to block NPR, PBS funding was unlawful, judge rules

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 31, 2026

Words: 841

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order last year that blocked funding from going to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss wrote in a 62-page order that while many of the original issues in the case are no longer relevant after Congress rescinded funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the section of …

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