PBS President Paula Kerger has felt the heat from politicians over government funding before. But this time the FCC is focusing on the nonprofit's sponsorships.

A long-simmering effort to defund National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is heating up on Capitol Hill just as the Federal Communications Commission and Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency are looking into how tax dollars are spent at the left-leaning media outlets.

Chair Brendan Carr slammed his predecessors at the department after they criticized him for his probing of major broadcast outlets he has said are unfair to

Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow slammed “President Musk” and shared a video showing her Tesla car driving away on a truck bed.

FCC chair Carr hit back at three of his predecessors accusing them of “partisan” bias and “Trump Derangement Syndrome” over condemnation of his media crackdown.

NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NPR and KCBS radio all have one thing in common: They’re under scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission, which is now being led by Brendan Carr, a Republican who has praised President Donald Trump as a leader in combating bias in the media.

The investigation into Comcast and NBCUniversal comes after the Trump appointee demanded CBS News hand over unedited video and transcripts of their interview with Kamala Harris in October. CBS News not only complied, but also publicly released the unedited transcript to disprove claims that the video was edited as part of “news distortion.”

The Trump administration is finally prioritizing the interests of taxpayers and ensuring that government serves the public interest, no longer institutionalized left-wing special interests.

The FCC wields authority over media companies, and Trump-appointed chairman Brendan Carr has sought to rattle that industry right away. What's next?

FCC Chair Carr, a Trump appointee, has said he will investigate PBS and NPR, which both receive government funding, to see if government rules around the naming of financial sponsors on the air has been violated.

President Donald Trump's administration moved this week in an executive order to give the president greater control over independent regulatory agencies. New Mexico U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján has raised concerns about actions by one such agency, the Federal Communications Commission, which could affect New Mexico's public media.

also said in a statement that the service has adhered to the FCC guidelines on underwriting messages. As far as the fate of federal funding for PBS is concerned, Kerger is used to playing defense ...