Trump sends $9.4 billion DOGE cuts proposal to Congress, targeting NPR, PBS

The clock will soon start ticking away on Congress to consider President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion request for federal spending cuts.

"Today, we have officially received the rescissions request from the White House to eliminate $9.4 billion in wasteful foreign aid spending at State and USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. The House will act quickly on this request," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement Tuesday.

"This rescissions package reflects many of DOGE’s findings and is one of the many legislative tools Republicans are using to restore fiscal sanity. Congress will continue working closely with the White House to codify these recommendations, and the House will bring the package to the floor as quickly as possible."

House and Senate Republicans now have 45 days to codify the funding reductions.