Senate passes aid, public broadcasting cuts
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🗓️ 17 July 2025
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The Senate has passed another legislative victory for President Donald Trump.
USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes breaks down a new Trump policy that will keep immigration detainees locked up longer.
Trump signed a bill making tough sentences for fentanyl trafficking permanent.
Execution is back on for Texas inmate Robert Roberson who has strong innocence claims. Last year, we spoke with Brian Wharton, the former police detective who led the investigation and subsequent arrest of Roberson. Wharton said he got it wrong and Roberson is innocent. Listen to or watch that episode here.
Gun groups want a law reversed on mailing through the postal service.
USA TODAY Reporter Andrea Riquier takes a look at how the president has been amping up pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and how investors are reacting.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, July 17th, 2025. This is USA Today is the excerpt. |
| 0:14.1 | Today the Senate passes another victory for Trump and Congress, plus what a new administration policy means for keeping immigrants detained longer |
| 0:21.4 | and a lawsuit deals with mailing handguns through the Postal Service. |
| 0:29.6 | The Senate earlier today approved President Trump's plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. |
| 0:36.6 | It's his latest legislative win. |
| 0:38.8 | Most of the cuts are to programs to assist foreign countries suffering from disease, war, |
| 0:43.0 | and natural disasters, while the plan also eliminates all $1.1 billion, the corporation for |
| 0:48.7 | public broadcasting was due to receive over the next two years. Stand-alone so-called recisions |
| 0:54.1 | packages have not |
| 0:55.3 | passed in decades. Lawmakers have typically been reluctant to cede their control of spending, |
| 1:00.2 | but Republicans in Trump's second term, who hold narrow majorities in the Senate and House, |
| 1:04.6 | have shown little desire to resist the president's policies. Now that the Senate has signed off, |
| 1:09.2 | the bill returns to the House, where lawmakers |
| 1:11.0 | must approve the upper chamber's changes. They're expected to do so before an end-of-week deadline. |
| 1:16.3 | You can read more throughout the day on USA Today.com. |
| 1:23.4 | A new Trump policy will keep immigration detainees locked up longer. |
| 1:31.3 | I spoke at USA Today, national correspondent Trevor, Trevor, to learn more. |
| 1:32.2 | Hello, Trevor. |
| 1:33.3 | Hey, good to be here. |
| 1:34.5 | Thanks for up and on. |
| 1:37.7 | So just what is this new Trump immigration policy? |
| 1:40.6 | How does it change the existing detention landscape? |
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