The president said public funding of the media networks was "outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence."

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to cut taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR. The White House accused these outlets of spreading "radical woke propaganda."

Mr. Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasters in the United States, to end federal funding for NPR and PBS, to the extent allowed by law. The outlets receive only a small portion of their funding from Congress, with the rest coming from donors and sponsors.