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US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts
Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/Aids programme Pepfar from cuts, amid a larger effort to reduce government spending. Senators said they would end a plan to cut $400m (£300m) from the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme, leaving total proposed cuts at $9bn.

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Trump’s push to cut another $9 billion in spending could spare $400 million for HIV/AIDS relief
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US senators move to exempt global HIV/AIDS funding from Trump spending cuts
New England public broadcasters face potential layoffs and programming cuts as they brace for loss of federal funds
The House early Friday morning followed the Senate and approved legislation to claw back $1.1 billion appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a major source of funding for local publ...

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PBS NC, WUNC react after Congress passes bill that will bring drastic cuts to public media
Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism
Republicans Obey Trump, Vote to Cut Funding for NPR and PBS
“Supporters of defunding are fixated on NPR and PBS, but in reality the cuts will be felt where these services are needed most. Stations in places like West Virginia, and those serving tribal nations...

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Illinois public media stations brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ after Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS
PBS, NPR to Lose All Federal Funding as Congress Votes to Pass Rescissions Bill — ‘This Is Big!’ Cheers Trump
U.S. program to combat HIV/AIDS survives Trump's latest round of cuts
Earlier versions of a spending cuts package passed through Congress targeted PEPFAR. But the White House, concerned about defections, agreed to spare the foreign aid program.
Trump to sign bill canceling billions for NPR, PBS, humanitarian aid
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill Friday that cancels billions of dollars in spending, including funds for public media and humanitarian relief.
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Trump Admin Agrees to Exempt Global AIDS Relief From Cuts, Urges Allies to Pull Weight
The Trump administration agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from spending cuts in the rescissions package.
The Pepfar programme keeps millions with HIV alive – a new push seeks to save it from Trump’s aid cuts
The US Senate votes to keep money for the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief from a package of more than $9 billion in cuts going through Congress
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Senate clears amended bill to claw back billions in foreign aid and public media funding
Shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Senate passed legislation that would rescind $9 billion in government funding that Congress previously approved. The Rescission Act of 2
PEPFAR keeps millions of people with HIV alive and may be spared from Trump spending cuts
The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.
Senate tees up debate on package to claw back public broadcasting, foreign aid funds
Vice President Vance on Tuesday night broke a tie to allow the Senate to begin debate on a bill to claw back billions of dollars in funding previously authorized by Congress for foreign aid and
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Global AIDS Funding Saved Despite Vought Abortion Smear
PEPFAR, a program started by George W. Bush, was set to lose $400 million after the OMB director falsely claimed it funds Russian abortions.
Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump's clawback bill for hourslong debate
Senate Republicans advance President Donald Trump's $9 billion spending clawback package through final procedural hurdle, with some bipartisan opposition to foreign aid cuts.
The Future Of US Funding For HIV Treatment And Prevention
In his rescissions request to Congress last month, President Donald Trump asked that the hundreds of millions dollars budgeted for the President's Emergency Plans for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, be cancelled.
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