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.

The rescissions bill to claw back funding approved for foreign aid, NPR and PBS is a top Trump priority, but some Senate Republicans have raised concerns about the cuts.

Shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Senate passed legislation that would rescind $9 billion in government funding that Congress previously approved. The Rescission Act of 2

The House approved President Donald Trump's request to remove $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting on Friday. The rescissions package, which narrowly passed in the Senate, allows the president to cancel previously approved funding authority for certain projects.

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said.

Republicans in the House and Senate have until Friday to pass the recissions measure that targets foreign assistance and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday narrowly 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

Senators began voting Wednesday on amendments to a large foreign aid and public broadcasting rescissions package.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a plan for spectrum auctions that could take frequencies away from Wi-Fi and reallocate them for the exclusive use of wireless carriers. The plan would benefit AT&T, which is based in Cruz's home state, along with Verizon and T-Mobile.

As negotiations over the massive spending cuts in President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” continue, congressional Republicans are divided over whether to save federal funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).