The rescissions package the Senate approved early Thursday pulls more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that provides federal funding for NPR and PBS.

House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is working to expedite a federal disaster declaration for flood-stricken communities in West Virginia, which is expected to unlock FEMA resources for affected counties.

White House budget chief Russ Vought said Thursday that the administration is likely to send another rescissions package to Congress to claw back previously approved spending. Vought’s comments

The U.S. House of Representatives was struggling on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump's proposed $9 billion funding cut to public media and to foreign aid, amid infighting among the Republican majority over issues including questions related to Jeffrey Epstein.

The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine and release more munitions that were briefly halted.

President Donald Trump will meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday. Trump is expected to speak with him about the United States's pending aid to Ukraine. TRUMP MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE AS US SENDS MISSILES TO UKRAINE Trump said Sunday that Europe would pay for aid to Ukraine and that he would make a "major announcement" on Monday regarding Ukraine funding.