National Public Radio, CPB Spar Over Speech, Funds Dispute

National Public Radio Inc. urged a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to find that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is violating its First Amendment rights by withholding funds, and may soon get a chance to try to prove it at trial.

NPR told Judge Randolph D. Moss during an evidentiary hearing and oral argument that CPB is trying to gain favor with the Trump administration, and it should be forced to make congressionally appropriated funds available. The hearing and argument at the US District Court for the District of Columbia concerned NPR’s motion for a preliminary injunction and the parties’ cross ...