Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
The Republican-led Senate voted overnight to take back nine billion dollars in already congressionally approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
which funds NPR and PBS, and foreign aid.
Democratic Senator John Ossoff says children will suffer.
This bill ends the entire direct American contribution to UNICEF.
Are we so calloused by politics?
that we would make this grievous and avoidable error.
But Republican Eric Schmidt says UNICEF will still get money.
There's still significant funds for life-saving care for kids even after this rescission package is adopted and my substitute amendment protects maternal and child health in the global health economy.
The vote was 51-48 after a 13-hour long so-called vote-a-rama that lasted well into early this morning,
where Senators introduced several amendments.
The measure now goes to the House,
which approved an earlier version last month for final passage ahead of tomorrow's deadline.
The Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador is being detained in Tennessee still,
despite his eligibility for release.
That's because the court fears that Kilmar Abrego-Garcia could be deported before his trial.
Mariana Bacayao from member station WPLN has more.
Federal immigration officials have said that they intend to deport Abrego-Garcia to a third country,
such as Mexico or South Sudan, upon his release.
During the hearing, prosecutors argued that Abrego-Garcia should be kept in federal custody,