https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0clYBq4lcI
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/11/trump-administration-scientists-rules
The order "singles out two speakers and, on the basis of their speech, bars them from all federally funded programs," Moss, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, wrote. "It does so, moreover, without regard to whether the federal funds are used to pay for the nationwide interconnection systems, which serve as the technological backbones of public radio and television; to provide safety and security for journalists working in war zones; to support the emergency broadcast system; or to produce or distribute music, children's or other educational programming, or documentaries."
"It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch," Moss said…
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5768399/npr-pbs-trump-federal-funding
"As the Court expressly recognized, the First Amendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power — including the power of the purse — 'to punish or suppress disfavored expression' by others," Boutrous said in a statement. "The Executive Order crossed that line."…
The Trump administration this week ordered a review of federal funding for 14 Democratic states and Washington, D.C., the latest step in the administration's effort to target states that do not cooperate with the administration…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/trump-administration-federal-funding-blue-states-00741440
At the end of a winding, nearly 90-minute speech to the House GOP conference, which Trump touted as a "roadmap" to winning the midterm elections, he demanded Republicans show flexibility on their long-standing stance against the use of federal dollars to pay for abortion, a call that prompted swift blowback. He also asked them to enact an insurance plan that sends dollars directly to consumers instead of insurance companies and "own" in-vitro fertilization policy.
And he set the stakes: winning the midterms and avoiding a third impeachment...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/trump-health-abortion-restrictions-hyde-00712507
Negotiators have finalized a compromise on the Energy-Water, Commerce-Justice-Science and Interior-Environment spending measures...
The senior health official credited the rightwing influencer Nick Shirley, who posted video of himself confronting workers at day care centers operated by Somali Americans in Minneapolis last week. Shirley's video, which was widely viewed online, has been criticized for falsely presenting as new revelations allegations of fraud schemes that were extensively reported on in the local and national media during the Biden administration…
"This is Trump's long game," Walz wrote on social media in response to the announcement from O'Neill, "We've spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It's a serious issue – but this has been his plan all along. He's politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans."…
White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded research…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/trump-administration-harvard-patent-review
Levinson wrote: "The Trump administration isn't targeting NPR because it covers political news. To the contrary; the administration appears to have explicitly admitted that it's targeting NPR because of what Trump considers to be its bias as it covers political news. NPR's lawsuit argues that, therefore, Trump's executive order is 'textbook retaliation and viewpoint-based discrimination.'"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/npr-lawsuit-trump-war-on-media
"Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands," the university said in its statement, "it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days.
"Actions speak louder than words."…
… "without this core federal funding for state libraries, museums, and archives, we risk losing critical programs and services in every state."…
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services
"DOGE is now actively cutting funding aimed at reducing overdose deaths by clawing back money from states," wrote Regina LaBelle, an expert on drug policy at Georgetown University who served in the Biden administration in a post on social media. "With overdose deaths still exceeding 80,000 annually, is DOGE declaring victory?"…
"Senselessly ripping away this funding Congress provided will undermine our state's ability to protect families from infectious diseases like measles and bird flu and to help people get the mental health care and substance use treatment they need," said U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, in a statement….
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342368/addiction-trump-mental-health-funding
A new Pew Research Center study out this week found a plurality of Americans say the federal government should continue to fund public broadcasters. The same survey found 32 percent of Democrats regularly get news from NPR, compared with 9 percent of Republicans...
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5217113-donald-trump-npr-pbs-defund/
"Let's be clear: provider taxes and state directed payments provide the means to offset the crippling underpayment by Medicaid for critical care that meets the medical needs of so many kids, mothers, disabled, and seniors," Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, said in a statement to Axios.
Taking federal money out of the Medicaid system may ultimately force hospitals to cut back services or staff, affecting beneficiaries' access to care, said Megan Cundari, senior director of federal relations for the American Hospital Association…
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/congress-medicaid-payments-hospitals-states