The Latest Breaking News from Foreign Aid

There could be excellent ‘value for money’ from global interventions, scientists say amid foreign aid cuts

Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated

The package, passed in a 51-48 vote, takes back $8bn in already approved foreign aid spending.

The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV

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

Senate Republicans had barely enough votes Tuesday to advance President Trump's proposal to claw back money appropriated for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

GOP aiming to meet Friday deadline mandated by law for bill, known as a rescissions package, to pass Congress

The Senate will take up a bill to claw back $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds that Democrats warn would blow up the bipartisan appropriations process. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess the political importance of the Trump administration’s rescissions package,…