Overview

• The package set for transmission on May 30 would rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $8.3 billion in foreign assistance, according to administration officials.
• Its formal submission triggers a 45-day window for Congress to claw back previously appropriated funds.
• NPR has sued the White House, alleging that efforts to cut its funding under Trump’s media-bias order violate the First Amendment.
• The Department of Government Efficiency cited specific USAID grants—including an $882,000 social media program in Serbia and Belarus and a $1 million voter ID project in Haiti—to justify slashing aid.
• PBS CEO Paula Kerger has vowed to vigorously defend the network’s federal funding against the rescissions effort.