National Public Radio reached a settlement on Monday that allows it to continue supporting its network of member stations while it sues to stop an executive order that cut off federal funding for public broadcasting.

Under the new settlement, NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed that the Trump administration's May 2025 executive order forbidding CPB from directly or indirectly funding public broadcasting "is unconstitutional and that CPB will not implement or enforce it unless ordered by a court."

NPR will now receive already-appropriated funds to maintain its public radio distribution network, while a lawsuit directly against the executive order proceeds.

"While we entered into this dispute with CPB reluctantly, we're glad to resolve it in a way that enables us to con

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