The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on Monday agreed to fulfill a $36 million contract with National Public Radio (NPR) that it had stopped after pressure from President Donald Trump.

The agreement seeks to resolve litigation filed by NPR after the outlet accused CPB of bending to Trump’s demands that they no longer work with NPR due to its slanted news coverage.

The judge in the case had told CPB’s legal team that he did not find its side of the case credible; CPB lawyers argued that the decision to award a contract to Public Media Infrastructure, a new group of public institutions, was driven be a desire have more digital innovation.

Katherine Maher, president and CEO of NPR, said in a statement, “The settlement is a victory for editorial independence and a step toward uph

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