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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 ...
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As Canada resists cutbacks, Ottawa’s foreign aid chief eyes red tape, visibility
Randeep Sarai said top priorities are to ensure aid dollars are being spent efficiently and to give Canadians and aid ...
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Republican senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media
Several Republican senators Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration's proposed cutting of $9.4 billion in funding ...
Dem senator accuses top Trump official of being responsible for ‘hundreds of thousands of children dying’
Ore., accused Trump OMB Director Russell Vought of being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children ...
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Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to ...
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Ottawa's foreign aid chief eyes red tape as Canada resists cutbacks
Randeep Sarai, the new secretary of state for international development, says he wants to take a more efficient and more ...
Global HIV fight faces major setbacks amid funding and research cuts
Hopes of ending the global HIV epidemic anytime soon are fading among health workers and scientists, who say new infections could increase for the first time in decades.
Senators challenge Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid and public media in contentious hearing
The House has already voted to claw back $9.4 billion as requested by President Donald Trump. Now, the Senate is preparing to ...
Exclusive: White House wants deep cut in US funding for war crimes investigations, sources say
The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and ...