Citing the 1st Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. Moss ruled that President Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The executive order, she said, is “textbook” unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination and retaliation. “The Executive Order crossed that line.”The judge agreed with government attorneys that some of the news outlets’ legal claims are moot, partly because the CPB no longer exists. “But that does not end the matter because the Executive Order sweeps beyond the CPB,” Moss added.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2026 21:08 UTC