Republicans have frequently grumbled that PBS and NPR news programming leans left, but efforts to cut or eliminate funding usually fade because legislators want to protect their local stations ...

President Trump said he “would love to” remove federal funding for mainstream news outlets NPR and PBS during a meeting ... and dollars allocated to local member stations which then pay ...

Katherine Maher of NPR, at left, and Paula Kerger of PBS are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive ... and to offer a public good as a long-term ...

though other funding comes indirectly from grants and dollars allocated to local member stations who then pay fees back to NPR. PBS reportedly receives 16% of their funding from the government.