2025-07-18
15 分钟Good morning. It's Friday, July 18th.
I'm Shemita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the Supreme Court keeps issuing emergency rulings in Trump's favor.
Millions of undocumented immigrants aren't eligible for bond hearings anymore.
And Stephen Colbert makes a big announcement.
But first,
the House approved $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public media that both chambers of Congress had previously agreed to spend.
Yesterday, we spoke about how those cuts will impact public media.
Today, let's focus on how the bulk of that money,
about $8 billion, was earmarked for global health programs and emergency food aid.
It's the first time in over 25 years Congress has approved a rescission request for the president to cancel already approved funding.
Congress members typically have closely guarded their power over federal spending.
But over the course of Trump's second term, members of his administration,
led by White House Budget Director Russell Vote,
have aimed to give the executive branch more control.
In this case, Vote, along with Elon Musk's Doge team,
argued to lawmakers that cuts were necessary to combat what they've described as waste,
fraud and abuse.
That message resonated with many lawmakers who ultimately supported the package,