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Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite the cuts making up a small share of the budget.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst praised the cuts to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) included in the bill passed in the ...
Freedom of Information documents obtained by the ABC show Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials sought to work out what projects would be affected by Donald Trump’s decision to ...
Trump's $9 billion clawback bill passed the Senate with Republican support, cutting USAID and public broadcasting funds, ...
President Donald Trump’s policies over the past six months have brought profound changes to the “research” part of the Research Triangle. What happened — and where does the region go from here?
Congressional Republicans are on the verge of approving roughly $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds sought by the White House, but some are airing concerns over the ...
The White House has hailed House Resolution 1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a “once-in-a-generation piece of legislation” that puts “America First.” ...
President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government ...
Congress needs to approve the rescissions request before it expires at the end of the week, or the funds will have to be spent as lawmakers previously intended.
Humanitarians in Sudan, where a three-year civil war has made assistance increasingly difficult, warn that a vacuum left by ...
Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in ...
Congress has until Friday to send its rescissions bill, which would defund USAID, NPR, PBS, and more, to President Donald Trump's desk.