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.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) compared the $9 billion clawback, known as a rescission, to “collecting bottles on the side of the road.”

The Senate voted to approve a rescission package that claws back funds allocated for public media and foreign aid. And, President Trump floats the idea of firing the Federal Reserve chair.

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Congressional Republicans are launching into their next big legislative fight – this time over DOGE spending cuts for foreign aid and public broadcasting – that risks the wrath of President Donald Trump if they fail.

The Trump administration must disclose certain information about the Department of Government Efficiency to a watchdog advocacy group and make DOGE’s administrator Amy Gleason available to testify, a US appeals court in Washington ruled.

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