The administration made a deal with Senate Republicans to remove $400 million in proposed cuts to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

The Trump administration agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from spending cuts in the rescissions package.

Senate Republicans will tweak President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion rescission request — the White House’s attempt to give a figleaf of legitimacy to the Department of Government Efficiency’s rampage through the federal government — in order to get key Senate GOP holdouts onboard.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) predicted Sunday that President Trump’s request to cut billions in funding to public broadcasters NPR and PBS will result in a “very close” vote in the Senate. “I suspect it’s going to be very close.

The United States’ decision to make cuts to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ( PEPFAR) could result in six million extra HIV infections and four million more AIDS-related deaths by 2029, according to the 2025 Global AIDS Update released on Thursday.

The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 — as low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.

The temporary suspension of PEPFAR has disrupted preventive treatments, infant testing, and the work of community health teams serving vulnerable populations in the Global South, according to UNAIDS