America’s two big public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, have 45 days to salvage their federal funding — starting now.

The White House formally asked Congress on Tuesday to claw back more than $9 billion in federal funds that lawmakers had already approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting, seeking to codify spending cuts put forward by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

The request includes blocking funding to combat HIV/AIDS and for contributing to the World Health Organization and providing media services to U.S. consumers.