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Trump to sign bill canceling billions for NPR, PBS, humanitarian aid

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions of dollars in spending, including funds for public media and humanitarian relief.

Trump to sign bill canceling billions for NPR, PBS, humanitarian aid

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions of dollars in spending, including funds for public media and humanitarian relief.

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Updated: 7:09 AM CDT Jul 18, 2025
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Trump to sign bill canceling billions for NPR, PBS, humanitarian aid

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions of dollars in spending, including funds for public media and humanitarian relief.

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Updated: 7:09 AM CDT Jul 18, 2025
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions in already approved spending, including funds for public media and humanitarian relief, just hours before a midnight deadline. In another late-night session on Capitol Hill, all but two Republicans voted just after midnight Friday to repeal money they and Trump approved a few months ago.The so-called rescissions bill strips all the money public media, like the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, would have received over the next two years. The cuts are expected to hit poorer, rural stations the hardest. The bill also cancels billions in humanitarian relief for countries experiencing wars, natural disasters or trying to build democracies. The House had to vote on the measure again after the Senate voted to keep funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR is a Bush-era program to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS patients in low-income countries.Clawed back spending may not be over yet. Trump's budget director, Russ Vought, told reporters Thursday they were already working on another rescissions bill. Vought did not specify what funding it would cut, but Democrats and some Republicans have expressed reservations on making rescissions bills routine, saying it oversteps Congress' role to regulate spending.The House is canceling but also approving new spending, voting mostly along party lines Friday morning to pass the $831 billion military budget for next year. The House and Senate are shifting their attention to spending bills, as they only have about six weeks of session left to approve a new budget before October. Watch more coverage on the rescissions bill:

President Donald Trump is expected to Friday that , including funds for public media and humanitarian relief, just hours before a midnight deadline.

In another late-night session on Capitol Hill, just after midnight Friday to repeal money .

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The so-called rescissions bill strips all the money public media, like the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, would have received over the next two years. The cuts are expected to hit poorer, rural stations the hardest.

The bill also cancels billions in humanitarian relief for countries experiencing wars, natural disasters or trying to build democracies. The House had to vote on the measure again after the Senate voted to keep funding for . PEPFAR is a Bush-era program to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS patients in low-income countries.

Clawed back spending may not be over yet. Trump's budget director, Russ Vought, told reporters Thursday they were already working on another rescissions bill. Vought did not specify what funding it would cut, but Democrats and some Republicans have expressed reservations on making rescissions bills routine, saying it oversteps Congress' role to regulate spending.

The House is canceling but also approving new spending, Friday morning to pass the for next year.

The House and Senate are shifting their attention to spending bills, as they only have about six weeks of session left to approve a new budget before October.

Watch more coverage on the rescissions bill: