US: Senate approves President’s plan for cuts in aid & public broadcasting

The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of  Mr. Trump’s request to cut 9 billion dollars in spending already approved by Congress. Most of the cuts are to programs to assist foreign countries suffering from disease, war and natural disasters, but the plan also eliminates all 1.1 billion dollars, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was due to receive over the next two years.