As you may have heard, a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Trump’s 2025 executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated free speech rights.

Unfortunately, this decision does not change the action Congress took to rescind already-appropriated funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That action eliminated $1.6 million from WMHT Public Media’s annual budget.

While the ruling is a step in the right direction in recognizing public media’s rights as enshrined by the First Amendment, the removal of federal funding for public media remains the reality for WMHT and all public media organizations across the country.

WMHT still needs your continued support to provide access to quality, trusted programming, and educational content for everyone in our community.

To learn more or to contribute, visit wmht.org/support.