PBS has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration challenging his executive order targeting public broadcasting.
NPR and three local stations filed a lawsuit against President Trump, regarding an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding.PBS has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration challenging his executive order targeting public broadcasting.
PBS's lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Washington, accuses the administration of unlawfully interfering in the operations of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and committing multiple violations of the First Amendment viewpoint discrimination, illegal retaliation against the network and encroachment of PBS's press freedoms. The suit also alleges the administration has violated the Administrative Procedure Act.instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease direct funding to NPR and PBS" on his way to Florida aboard Air Force One on May 1.by prohibiting local public radio and television stations, and any other recipients of CPB funds, from using taxpayer dollars to support the organizations. Additionally, it instructs the Federal Communications Commission and relevant agencies to investigate whether NPR and PBS have engaged in unlawful discrimination.
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