GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS

The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate floor as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who hold the majority, voted Thursday morning to approve a…