Trump's $9 billion clawback bill passed the Senate with Republican support, cutting USAID and public broadcasting funds, despite two GOP senators' opposition.

The U.S. Senate early on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition.

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

PBS CEO Paula Kerger blasted the Senate's decision to revoke $1.1 billion in public media funding on Thursday -- a move that President Trump has been pushing for in recent months -- saying it would be "especially devastating" to smaller stations serving rural areas.

Congress might have the power of the purse, but in a vote on a rescissions package, GOP members surrendered their authority to the president — again.

Looming federal funding cuts for PBS put in jeopardy some of the most-used educational videos and games shown to help children improve in literacy and other social skills. The cuts, part of a $9 billion rescissions package Republicans are poised to pass as soon as Wednesday afternoon,

The Senate passed President Trump's request to rescind $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding early Thursday, culminating an hours-long "vote-a-rama" and sending it back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline.

The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture: The storm that's killed at least 80 people brought federal cuts to NOAA's NWS under scrutiny after it emerged that two Texas NWS offices were missing key staff at the time,