US Republican senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media

  Several Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper chamber. Several Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper chamber.