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Live updates: House approves Trump’s $9 billion rescission cuts

Live updates: House approves Trump’s  billion rescission cuts

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda. The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such …

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NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making – The New York Times

NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making  The New York Times Bill cutting foreign aid and public broadcasting passes US House  BBC Congress sends $9B spending cuts package to Trump’s desk after late-night House vote  Fox News House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president  CNN ‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key …

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Wisconsin video game developer hit with layoffs amid larger Microsoft cuts

Wisconsin video game developer hit with layoffs amid larger Microsoft cuts

Raven Software in Middleton has been caught up in the latest mass layoffs to hit the video game industry, after Microsoft let go of hundreds of employees in its gaming division in early July. Microsoft laid off over 9,000 employees companywide July 2. A leaked email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer — provided to Windows Central — confirmed hundreds …

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‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs | Media

‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs | Media

Public broadcast station leaders are condemning Donald Trump’s latest victory after the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that will cancel all federal funding for public broadcasting programs including PBS and NPR. Following the Senate’s decision to pass $9bn in spending cuts to public broadcasting as well as foreign aid, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger saying that the Senate’s …

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House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

House passes Trump’s  billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

CNN  —  House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump. Congress passed the package — which is part of Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency efforts — under an obscure presidential budget law used to …

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Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR

Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR

President Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasters threatens scores of radio and TV stations across the United States that air PBS and NPR programs. Areas at risk of losing public radio and television access Radio Cities with vulnerable stations Counties with limited local news access Television Cities with vulnerable stations Counties with limited local news access Sources: …

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House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

House passes Trump’s  billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

CNN  —  House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump. Congress passed the package — which is part of Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency efforts — under an obscure presidential budget law used to …

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‘Good Trouble’ protests against Trump’s deportations and health care cuts held nationwide

‘Good Trouble’ protests against Trump’s deportations and health care cuts held nationwide

CHICAGO (AP) — Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country. The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action honors the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. Protests were being held along streets, …

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House GOP pressing ahead for late-night vote on Trump’s DOGE cuts package amid talks over separate vote on Epstein files

House GOP pressing ahead for late-night vote on Trump’s DOGE cuts package amid talks over separate vote on Epstein files

CNN  —  House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure. Republican leadership sources say the plan is to push the bill, …

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House Republicans’ efforts to pass Trump spending cuts delayed by infighting

House Republicans’ efforts to pass Trump spending cuts delayed by infighting

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives was struggling on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s proposed $9 billion funding cut to public media and to foreign aid, amid infighting among the Republican majority over issues, including questions related to Jeffrey Epstein. House Republicans were poised to vote as soon as Thursday on the funding cut package, altered by the Senate …

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