The Senate has passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid.

The U.S. Senate approved the judicial nominations of Emil Bove and Jeannine Pirro. Democrats walked out of the meeting when they weren't allowed to speak.

The Senate passed President Trump's request to rescind $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding early Thursday and sent it back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline.

The United States' destruction of a warehouse worth of emergency food that had spoiled has drawn outrage, but lawmakers and aid workers say it is only one effect of President Donald Trump's abrupt slashing of foreign assistance.

The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.

Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.

The Senate approved a bill to cut $9.4 billion from public broadcasting and international aid, with the House facing a Friday deadline.

The $1 billion cut would strip two years of federal support from NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local stations, many of which could go dark

A bill introduced by Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and passed by the Senate, is aimed at protecting local fishermen from illegally caught fish being sold in the U.S.

After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.