NPR is suing President Trump.

On Tuesday, NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit in federal court against Trump and several members of his administration over an executive order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS.

The lawsuit calls Trump's early May executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to freeze all funding to NPR and PBS "textbook retaliation" and an existential threat to the public radio system "that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information."

"It is evident from the president's executive order, as well as statements released by the White House and prior statements by the president that we are being punished for our editorial choices," NPR CEO Katherine Maher told All Things Considered host Mary Lou

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