NPR and PBS, which receive public funding via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, have already sued the Trump administration over his order directing the CPB to stop funding the media organizations.

President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.

America’s two big public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, have 45 days to salvage their federal funding — starting now.