The House of Representatives narrowly voted 214-212 on Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in previously authorized spending, including nearly $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,

The first rescissions package includes $8.3 billion in cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a $1.1 billion claw back in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcastin...

Republicans are characterizing the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, but Democrats say the rescissions are hurting the United States’ standing in the world and will lead to needless deaths.