US House passes Trump plan to cut $9bn from foreign aid, public broadcasting

<p>Along with Democrats, only two House Republicans voted against the cut</p><p>The US’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/trump-administration-news-today">passed president Donald Trump’s $9bn funding cut</a> to public media and foreign aid early on Friday, sending it to the White House to be signed into law.</p><p>The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate this week to exclude cuts of about $400m in funds for the global PEPFAR HIV/Aids prevention program.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/us-house-vote-trump-cut-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting">Continue reading...</a>