# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/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. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
- 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.

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