The U.S. Senate on Tuesday night moved one step closer to canceling $9 billion in previously approved funding for several foreign aid programs and public broadcasting after GOP

In less than 48 hours, lawmakers had to decide how to appropriate up to $7 million in state funding for nearly 300 bills.

There was an intense debate in the U.S. Senate Tuesday over President Donald Trump's efforts to get Congress to claw back more than $9 billion in spending.

Senate Republicans advanced President Donald Trump's request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending cuts.

The rescission package, which cancels $9.4 billion in previously approved spending, advanced in the Senate after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote Tuesday night.

The White House appears to be floating the idea of Republican Senator Susan Collins retiring and finding replacement candidates. Politico reports there’s no discussion about pushing Collins out, but an anonymous source says President Trump would love to see a “better option” to one of his biggest GOP critics.

The budget reconciliation bill President will sign Friday passed without the support of any of the members of ... that were approved back in 2017. Irwin Gratz: Of course, in the end, you did vote against the measure as it stood in the Senate.

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The Trump administration's package to make DOGE spending cuts official still faces some Republican opposition.