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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Trump’s $9B clawback against PBS and NPR may have bought him a post-summer government shutdown

All of the chaos caused by the bombshell report in The Wall Street Journal that President Donald Trump sent a bawdy 50th birthday note to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein masked the fact he received a significant win.

Republicans successfully passed legislation in the late night to claw back $9 billion meant for foreign aid, as well as for PBS and NPR funding.

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