NPR sues Trump administration over funding cuts it says violate first amendment
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6XJFK)
Lawsuit argues executive order violates constitution by targeting NPR for news coverage Trump feels is biased
National Public Radio, the US public broadcaster that provides news and cultural programming to more than 1,000 local stations, has filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump's administration, challenging an executive order that cuts federal funding to the public broadcaster as an unconstitutional attack on press freedom.
The lawsuit, which landed on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, argues that Trump's 1 May executive order violates the first amendment by targeting NPR for news coverage the president considers biased".
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