JUST IN: NPR Editor-in-Chief RESIGNS After President Trump Cuts Funding

After President Trump cut hundreds of millions in federal funding to the left-wing propaganda mouthpiece that is NPR, its Editor-in-Chief has just called it quits.

Edith Chapin, who served in leadership roles at NPR for the past 13 years, just announced that she is stepping down.

Take a look:

🚨 BREAKING: NPR’s Editor-in-Chief has RESIGNED after President Trump pulled $500 MILLION in funding to her propaganda outlet

LMAO! Good riddance! 🤣

Great work, 47. pic.twitter.com/ykSCBcE9yC

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2025

This comes just days after Congress voted to approve de-funding NPR.

BREAKING: Edith Chapin, the Editor in Chief of NPR, to RESIGN after Congress voted to cut their funding.

Goodbye 👋🏻 pic.twitter.com/DhmMZIespi

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 22, 2025

However, Chapin insists her decision to resign has nothing to do with Congress’s decision.

NPR reported:

NPR’s editor-in-chief and acting chief content officer, Edith Chapin, told colleagues Tuesday morning that she has decided to step down.

The veteran news leader’s announcement comes just days after the Republican-led Congress, driven largely by President Trump’s claims of liberal bias at NPR, voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.

Chapin says the choice was hers and not driven by the action in Congress. In a brief interview, she says she surprised NPR CEO Katherine Maher with her decision two weeks ago.

“I have had two big executive jobs for two years, and I want to take a break. I want to make sure my performance is always top-notch for the company,” Chapin says. She says she expects to stay at NPR until September or October.

In a note to staff, Maher thanked Chapin for her work. “Edith has been an indispensable partner during my first year at NPR, a steady leader for a large part of this organization, and a fantastic collaborator as a member of the executive team,” she wrote. She did not offer any details about transition planning and interim leadership, saying she would share more once she had it.

Chapin joined NPR from CNN in 2012 as chief international editor and rose in the ranks of newsroom leadership. She was promoted to lead the newsroom on a day-to-day basis and was subsequently elevated to senior vice president of news and editor-in-chief over the entire division.

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In 2023, then-NPR CEO John Lansing united reporting, shows and podcasts. He named Chapin to temporarily hold the new role of chief content officer overseeing the new division. She turned the content job down on a permanent basis, saying that someone with a different skill set needed to chart NPR’s strategy for what material to present to audiences and how to fulfill its mission.

Nearly two years later, Chapin still holds that role on an acting basis.

“It’s not a good time to do it, but it’s never a good time,” Chapin says of her choice to leave. “I needed to pick a date and share my decision.”