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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has indicated that funding for National Public Radio (NPR) could be on the chopping block under the Trump administration.

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Speaking to Fox News, Greene, who is set to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency House subcommittee, revealed that the board plans to review government spending, particularly focusing on areas it deems unnecessary.

“We’re going to have to go into all kinds of buckets, and that’s how I’ll be separating things on the oversight subcommittee on DOGE. We’ll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda. We’ll be going into grant programs that fund things like sex apps and Malaysia toilets in Africa, all kinds of programs that don’t help the American people,” she stated.

The subcommittee’s goal is to scrutinize federal expenditures and identify programs that may not align with current priorities. Greene has long been critical of federal funding for entities like NPR, which she and other conservative lawmakers argue are examples of wasteful government spending.

Although the amount of federal funding allocated to NPR is relatively small compared to other government expenditures, it still represents a crucial source of support for the nonprofit media organization. In addition to federal funding, NPR generates revenue through listener donations and corporate sponsorships. Nonetheless, any reduction in its federal funding could have far-reaching consequences for both its operations and the broader landscape of public broadcasting in the United States. Such cuts could impact NPR’s ability to produce and distribute programming, potentially shifting the role of publicly funded media in the national discourse.