House votes to claw back $1.1 billion from public media

The U.S. Capitol. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.
It did so at the direct request of President Trump, who has accused NPR and PBS of bias against conservative viewpoints as part of his broader attacks on the mainstream media.
The measure passed largely along party lines, 214 to 212, with two key Republican lawmakers switching their votes from