Senate GOP gears up for test on Trump’s DOGE cuts

Senate Republicans are staring down a mid-July deadline to approve a batch of funding cuts pursued by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), even as some in the GOP express misgivings about the request.

The GOP-led Congress has until July 18 to approve more than $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds outlined in a special rescissions request sent by the White House last month.

The House approved the request last month, but it’s largely...