Will DOGE Target NPR?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) already has ideas for how the federal government can cut some of its debt  — defunding NPR and other government-funded media.

Driving the news: According to Axios, defunding NPR was suggested throughout President-elect Trump's first term, and resurrected last week by Elon Musk.

What they're saying: Greene told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo that a new subcommittee working in support of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will look at cutting "everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda" and grant programs that "don't help the American people."

Greene, who was stripped of her committee appointments in 2021, is the chair of the Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee, which falls within the purview of the House Oversight Committee.

"We are going to be searching for the facts, we're going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American people's hard-earned tax dollars," she said.

Yes, but: Trump included cutting CPB's funding in budget proposals throughout his first term, none of which came to pass. Several congressional bills seeking to eliminate or drastically cut funding also failed.

Reality check: DOGE isn't an official government department and must rely on Congress to take action on proposed funding cuts.