Congress, Trump and public broadcasting
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The U.S. Senate approved the judicial nominations of Emil Bove and Jeannine Pirro. Democrats walked out of the meeting when they weren't allowed to speak.
Senators removed funding cuts to Food for Peace, as well as to other programs that buy grain from American farmers.
It was a remarkable win for the crypto industry — and for President Trump, who campaigned on making the country "the crypto capital of the planet."
The United States' destruction of a warehouse worth of emergency food that had spoiled has drawn outrage, but lawmakers and aid workers say it is only one effect of President
An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
What is another half an hour to allow senators to be heard?" said Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey. "But… here we are jamming this through with some sense of false urgency.”
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $27.1 billion in discretionary spending through the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.
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