Under attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts

Patricia Harrison is the president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is suing the Trump administration over the abrupt firing of three of its five board members.

Nearly 200 officials from public radio stations across the country are descending on Capitol Hill to seek to convince lawmakers to maintain funding for public broadcasting despite President Trump’s campaign against it.

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