Senators challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and public media in contentious hearing

Trump drive to defund NPR, PBS resisted by Republicans from rural states

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously approved spending on foreign aid and public media ran into significant opposition Wednesday, potentially dooming its path

Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to kill $9 billion in federal funding that Congress already has approved for public broadcasting and international aid programs. The post Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid - WDET 101.9 FM

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration’s bid to kill $9 billion in federal funding that Congress already has approved for public broadcasting and international aid programs.In President Trump’s request to Congress, sent last month, he justified the cuts because the targeted foreign aid programs were “antithetical to American interests,” and because “[f]ederal spending on [the…

Senate panel questions cancellation of funding

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel challenged on a bipartisan basis the merits of canceling billions of dollars in spending for foreign aid and public media as part of a contentious hearing Wednesday examining the White House's request for the cuts.

US Republican senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media

Several Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper chamber.

Trump's budget director defends NPR, PBS, foreign aid cuts to senators

White House budget director Russell Vought on Wednesday urged U.S. senators to approve the Trump administration's proposed cuts of $8.3 billion in foreign assistance and $1.1 billion for public broadcasting.