"National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation's public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government's steward of funding for public broadcasting stations. The settlement, announced late Monday, partially resolves a legal dispute in which NPR accused the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump to cut off its funding."
"On March 25, Trump said at a news conference that he would "love to" defund NPR and PBS because he believes they are biased in favor of Democrats. NPR accused the CPB of violating its First Amendment free speech rights when it moved to cut off its access to grant money appropriated by Congress. NPR also claims Trump, a Republican, wants to punish it for the content of its journalism."
"On April 2, the CPB's board initially approved a three-year, roughly $36 million extension of a grant for NPR to operate the "interconnection" satellite system for public radio. NPR has been operating and managing the Public Radio Satellite System since 1985. But corporation officials reversed course and announced that the federal funds would go to a entity called Public Media Infrastructure."
A court settlement awards NPR approximately $36 million in grant funding to operate the national public radio interconnection (satellite) system. The settlement partially resolves a legal dispute in which NPR accused the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of bowing to pressure linked to statements by President Trump calling to defund NPR and PBS. NPR alleged CPB violated its First Amendment rights by redirecting federally appropriated grant money and claimed retaliatory motives. CPB attorneys denied retaliation and argued the claims lack merit. The settlement does not resolve NPR's separate challenge to Trump's executive order targeting federal funding for NPR and PBS.
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