Trump signs order to cut NPR, PBS public funding

• White House accuses outlets of fuelling partisanship, left-wing propaganda • RSF notes ‘alarming deterioration’ of US press freedom under Trump WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the news outlets of being biased in his latest attack on traditional media. Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with most mainstream news media, previously describing them as the “enemy of t