PBS News Weekly: A closer look at Trump’s funding cuts | July 18, 2025

From PBS NewsHour.

The House gave final approval early Friday to President Donald Trump’s request to slash more than $9 billion of already approved federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. PBS News Weekly takes a look at those cuts and how Trump’s "big bill," now law, could reshape public education and affect U.S. energy supply.

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