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Republicans Fretted Over Ceding Spending Power to Trump. Then They Voted to Do It.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress ...
Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion ...
Senate Advances Trump Clawback of Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds
The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in congressionally approved funds suggested that Republicans would bow ...
NPR CEO warns public broadcasting cuts could be "a real risk to the public safety of the country"
The rescissions package passed by a vote of 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats ...
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Alaska senators split vote on first step to passing $9B clawback bill
The rescission bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and slash foreign aid cleared a procedural hurdle ...
Trump orders Pam Bondi to seek the release of 'pertinent' records from Epstein grand jury
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate sends PBS, NPR, foreign aid clawbacks to the House and senators consider Emil ...
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Senate pushes toward aid, public broadcasting cuts sought by Trump
The Senate on Wednesday moved toward approval of President Donald Trump's plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for ...
Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from GOP senators who fear ...
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U.S. Senate approves $9 billion funding cut for public broadcasting, NPR, PBS, foreign aid accounts
The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public ...
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Senate votes to claw back funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid programs
The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public ...
Trump lashes out at supporters over Epstein files; DOJ fires Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey
Comey prosecuted Sean “Diddy” Combs this year and played a role in the investigation and subsequent prosecutions of Jeffrey ...
Senate advances Trump request to cut foreign aid, public media funding
Washington — The Senate narrowly advanced a request from the White House to claw back billions in funds for international aid and public broadcasting, as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.