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President Donald Trump has officially urged Congress to begin the process of pulling federal taxpayer funding from left-wing media outlets NPR and PBS.
The New York Post reported Monday that Trump’s White House budget director Russ Vought drafted a memo asking GOP lawmakers to cut the funding.
The memo requests Congress to slash $1.1 billion allotted to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), as well as $8.3 billion that was allotted to USAID.
In the memo, Vought wrote:
“Since day one, the Trump Administration has targeted waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending through executive action, DOGE review, and other efforts by departments and agencies.