Senate Republicans on Tuesday cleared a key procedural hurdle on the path to clawing back billions of dollars in funding previously authorized by Congress for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

A bill striking billions in foreign aid will get slightly smaller after Republicans agreed to exempt $400 million in funding for AIDS prevention, a major concession to centrists wavering on the White House request.

Senate Republicans are exploring changes to President Donald Trump’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved spending targeted by DOGE.

Senate Republicans appear to be on track to pass President Donald Trump’s rescissions package after removing funding cuts to an

The rescissions package is a request from Trump to Congress to immediately rescind funding on 22 items that lawmakers have previously approved. That is a tiny portion — 0.1% — of the annual federal budget. The bulk of the cuts are to foreign aid — $8.3 billion in cuts to current funding.

Democrats are poised to contest the Republican talking points at every turn, emphasizing the cuts to Medicaid, as the two parties ready for next year's midterm elections.

Mike Rogers brought in $1.5 million for the second quarter as the only major GOP contender in the Michigan Senate race, but he lags behind some of his Democratic challengers. The figure, first shared with the Washington Examiner,

House conservatives are drawing battle lines in the burgeoning showdown over President Donald Trump's spending cuts request.