Moss ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge noted that Trump’s executive order simply directs that all federal agencies “cut off any and all funding” to NPR, which is based in Washington, and PBS, based in Arlington, Virginia. The executive order, she said, was “textbook” unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination and retaliation. “But that does not end the matter because the executive order sweeps beyond the CPB,” Moss added. Trump’s executive order immediately cut millions of dollars in funding from the education department to PBS for its children’s programming, forcing the system to lay off one-third of the PBS Kids staff.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2026 23:10 UTC