PBS sues Trump over executive order to cut funding

KEY POINTS

• PBS sued Donald Trump to block his effort to cut off federal funding for the public broadcaster.
• The lawsuit from PBS and one of its member stations in Minnesota came three days after NPR filed a similar suit against Trump and his administration.
• Trump had signed an executive order accusing both PBS and NPR of failing to present “a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”