US Senate approves cutting billions in foreign aid as Trump demands | Donald Trump News

The package, passed in a 51-48 vote, takes back $8bn in already approved foreign aid spending.

United States senators have passed a package of sweeping cuts that would slash Washington’s foreign aid expenditures by about $8bn as part of President Donald Trump’s pledge to drastically shrink federal spending.

The package, which passed in a 51-48 vote early on Thursday, cancels $9bn in spending already approved by Congress, including more than $1bn to be stripped from the Corporation for…