2025-07-18
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It's Friday, July the 18th.
I'm Azhar Sugri for The Wall Street Journal.
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The Republican-controlled Congress has cancelled $9 billion in federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.
That's the sound of the House early this morning, which followed a Senate vote early yesterday.
The cuts are the first time a White House has accomplished clawbacks in more than a quarter century,
and White House officials made clear that they would pursue additional reductions.
The House and Senate passed the administration's plan largely along party lines,
with two representatives and two senators voting with the Democrats.
The move follows through on President Trump's efforts to defund the programs and overcame Democratic opposition and resistance among some Republican lawmakers.
Here's Democratic Representative Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico and Virginia Fox,
a Republican from North Carolina.
$9 billion for international aid, public health, and public media.