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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Republican-led House is preparing

to vote on a measure that would make $9 billion in cuts to previously approve funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

NPR's Lexi Shepiddle reports the recisions package passed the Senate last night.

The Senate voted early Thursday to pass an amended version of the package,

which rescinds about a billion dollars in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

and more than $7 million in foreign aid funding. Senators removed $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR, a program that funds HIV-AIDS treatment and prevention around the world, that were included in the original House version of the bill. The measure passed the House narrowly last month after several Republican holdouts flipped their votes to support the package. A vote on final passage could take place as early as this evening. Ahead of the vote,

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vote told reporters the administration will likely

send additional rescission to Congress once this one is across the finish line. Lexi Shapiro,

NPR News, Washington. Senate Democrats stormed out of a Judiciary Committee

meeting on Capitol Hill today after Republicans shut down debate on a controversial judge nominee.

NPR's Carrie Johnson reports the nominee, a former lawyer for President Trump, is one step away

from a lifetime tenured position.

Emil Bovi has helped to run the Justice Department this year, standing at the center of controversies,

involving the dismiss case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, and the firing of people who

prosecuted defendants in capital riot cases. Now Bovies in line to become a judge on the U.S.

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