Claim 39

NPR and PBS said the president cannot unilaterally cut CPB's congressionally appropriated funding.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: NPR and PBS said the president cannot unilaterally cut CPB's congressionally appropriated funding.
Field: status
Value: Contested by NPR and PBS
About: incident 2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs
Source: Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
Publisher: NPR
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-05-02

Quotation from the source

CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President's authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.