When Trump signed a separate executive order in early May aimed at cutting funding for public media entities, he said they “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’” PBS has since sued the Trump administration over that executive order, as has NPR.

The White House submitted a rescission package to Congress earlier this week asking legislators to rescind $9.4 billion in federal funding that was approved earlier in the year, including more than $1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.