The president's proposed budget cuts to the NIH would eventually result in fewer drugs on the market, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office said.

Trump requested the cuts, which include significant reductions to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), formalizing some of the cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency by striking $9.4 billion from the previously approved federal budget.

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising medications, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.

Republicans on the House Rules Committee sought to defuse political pressure around the explosive Epstein issue by adopting a nonbinding resolution to possibly consider releasing the Epstein files in the future.

Weather forecasting, climate research and climate resilience are being hit with major budget and staffing cuts by the Trump administration. And this all comes at a time when the U.S. is experiencing extreme rainfall supercharged by a hotter atmosphere that can hold much more moisture.

La., took a moment to speak with reporters after Congress passed a $9 billion rescissions package minutes after midnight on Friday. The bill now goes to President Donald Trump for signature.

Republican House appropriators said the proposed 2026 spending levels reflect efforts to “rightsize” many agencies outside of national security and defense.

House Republicans face a midnight Friday deadline to pass a Trump-backed bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid programs.

As part of the spending cut package passed by the House early Friday morning and heading to President Donald Trump’s desk, lawmakers cut millions from the federal government’s contributions to an international fund that helps poorer countries reduce their emissions of ozone-depleting gases.