Senate Deadlocks on Trump-Era Spending Cuts as Midnight Deadline Looms
Senate Deadlocks on Trump-Era Spending Cuts as Midnight Deadline Looms A razor-thin vote late Tuesday saw the Senate advance debate on a package of funding cuts totaling $9.4 billion, a request from the Trump administration. The proposed cuts target $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds NPR and PBS, alongside $7.9 billion earmarked for international efforts to combat famine and disease. The measure narrowly passed after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote,…