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The Latest: House approves Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid
Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated
U.S. program to combat HIV/AIDS survives Trump's latest round of cuts
Popular global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR has been spared as Congress passes a package with billions of dollars in spending cuts for Trump to sign into law.
US flagship HIV and AIDS programme saved from spending cuts - for now
Florence Makumene holds HIV medication that she received through funding from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Zimbabwe, 7 February 2025.
The Pepfar programme keeps millions with HIV alive – a new push seeks to save it from Trump’s aid cuts
The US Senate votes to keep money for the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief from a package of more than $9 billion in cuts going through Congress
Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress
The Republican-controlled House voted 216-213 to give final passage to a bill cutting $9 billion in spending that had already been approved, sending it to President Donald Trump to become law.
House passes public media, foreign aid clawbacks after Epstein scramble
Six months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Congress finally codified a small piece of the hundreds of billions of dollars his Department of Government Efficiency pinpointed as “waste.” House Republicans gave final approval just after midnight Friday to Trump’s proposal to claw back $9 billion in public media and foreign assistance,
House passes bill cutting $9B in foreign aid, public broadcasting
The U.S. House of Representatives early Friday passed President Donald Trump's bill to rescind some $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds.
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Global AIDS program PEPFAR saved from congressional funding cuts
The Trump administration has asked Congress to rescind funds for NPR/PBS and foreign aid. Congress has until the end of the ...
Trump to sign bill canceling billions for NPR, PBS, humanitarian aid
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions of dollars in spending, including funds for ...
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Global AIDS Funding Saved Despite Vought Abortion Smear
PEPFAR, a program started by George W. Bush, was set to lose $400 million after the OMB director falsely claimed it funds ...
Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump's clawback bill for hourslong debate
Senate Republicans advance President Donald Trump's $9 billion spending clawback package through final procedural hurdle, ...
Trump’s First DOGE Cuts Amount to Astonishingly Small Amount
President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package is back in the House after being passed in the Senate. But while ...
Congress sends bill codifying $9B in DOGE cuts to Trump’s desk
House Republicans late Thursday night approved the first batch of cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...
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UNAIDS report warns HIV progress at risk as U.S. funding cuts take hold
The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths ...
US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts
Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/Aids programme Pepfar from cuts, amid a larger ...
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Trump Admin Agrees to Exempt Global AIDS Relief From Cuts, Urges Allies to Pull Weight
The Trump administration agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from spending cuts in the rescissions package.