Senate approves cuts to global aid funding and public broadcasting in win for Trump – US politics live

<p>Most cuts are schemes to assist foreign countries hit by disease, war and natural disasters</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/us-senate-passes-aid-public-broadcasting-cuts-victory-trump">US Senate passes aid and public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump</a></p></li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.</strong></p><p>The US president is struggling to contain <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/trump-supporters-jeffrey-epstein">a political crisis within his usually loyal</a> Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/trump-jeffrey-epstein-tapes">which included Trump</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/17/donald-trump-aid-funding-maga-federal-reserve-jerome-powell-good-trouble-protest-latest-us-politics-news-updates-live">Continue reading...</a>