Trump says he'd love to yank funding for NPR, PBS, would be 'honored' to see it end

"I think it's very unfair," Trump added. "It's been very biased. The whole group, I mean, a whole group of them. And frankly, there's plenty of -- look at all the media you have right now. There's plenty of coverage." 

Katherine Maher, chief executive officer and president of NPR (National Public Radio), and Paula Kerger, chief executive officer and president of PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), are slated to testify on why "the demonstrably biased news coverage they produce for an increasingly narrow and elitist audience should continue to be funded by the broad taxpaying public," according to a press release from the DOGE Subcommittee.

Maher and Kerger are expected to push back and justify their news organizations and why they merit receiving public funding. Less than 1% of NPR's funding comes directly from the federal government, though other funding comes indirectly from grants and dollars allocated to local member stations who then pay fees back to NPR.

Trump believes the federal money received by the mainstream outlets is not being put to good use.

 "I want to hear why NPR and PBS think they should ever again receive a single cent from the American taxpayer," Greene said. 

"These partisan, so-called 'media' stations dropped the ball on Hunter Biden's laptop, down-played COVID-19 origins, and failed to properly report the Russian collusion hoax," she added. "Now, it is time for their CEOs to publicly explain this biased coverage. Federal taxpayers should not be forced to pay for one-sided reporting, which attacks over half the country to protect and promote its own political interests. I look forward to working with the Trump Administration to stop allowing the blatant misuse of taxpayer funds for partisan ends."

Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind and Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.