Trump, DOGE and Senate
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Senate Republicans hailed their passage of the $9 billion rescissions package as a victory, but it’s merely a drop in the bucket.
The House is looking at President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.
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NewsNation on MSNFight over Epstein files holds up Trump DOGE cuts billThe fight over how the Trump administration has handled disclosures relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is holding up final approval of a bill to codify $9 billion in Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid.
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The Senate is moving closer to codifying the cuts to government spending championed by President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) raised objections to the cuts to public broadcasting in Alaska in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju.