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Judge Rules Trump's Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR Was an Illegal First Amendment Violation

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Mar 31, 2026 11:50am PT

Judge Rules Trump’s Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR Was an Illegal First Amendment Violation

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A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump‘s executive order last year to end funding for PBS and NPR public media violated the First Amendment.

In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss of the District Court for D.C. said Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge wrote that the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”

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