Trump Targets NPR, PBS, Foreign Aid in $9 Billion Spending Cut
The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, DC.
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The Trump administration will ask lawmakers to cut more than $9 billion in funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and foreign aid in the current fiscal year, an attempt to employ a little-used legislative tactic for reducing spending already approved by Congress.
The proposal — known as a rescission package — would codify cuts identified by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. That effort, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has targeted government spending seen as being at odds with the president’s agenda.