The heads of PBS, NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have all suggested that Trump’s order is illegal, The AP reports.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to halt federal funding to PBS and NPR, calling the public news organizations "biased."

The move against PBS and NPR comes as Trump’s administration has been working to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which were designed to model independent news gathering globally in societies that restrict the press.