On Thursday night, Republicans on the House Rules Committee sought to defuse political pressure around the explosive Epstein issue by
President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/senate-vote-trump-bill-pbs-npr-foreign-aid.html Author : Catie