The U.S. government is one step closer to defunding NPR, PBS

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated June 13, 2025 – 3:36 AM

Good morning. Wow, what a week in media. Journalists being targeted at the protests in Los Angeles. The ouster of longtime correspondent Terry Moran at ABC News, in part, because of the now-deleted tweet about President Donald Trump and his advisor Stephen Miller.

And on Thursday, even more big media news as the House voted to back Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR and PBS.

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