President Donald Trump signed a bill on July 24 to claw back $9 billion in federal spending.
Ahead of the signing, Trump said on Truth Social that the House’s approval of the bill was “BIG.”
Trump Signs Bill to Cancel $9 Billion for Foreign Aid, Public Broadcasting
The package claws back $7.9 billion in appropriated funds for global aid and $1.1 billion for NPR and PBS.
President Donald Trump signs the spending and tax legislation known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," at the White House on July 4, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
