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I'm Azar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal.

The Republican Contribes. Here is your morning brief for Friday, July the 18th. I'm Azhar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal.

The Republican-controlled Congress has cancelled $9 billion in federal spending for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

The cuts are the first time a White House has accomplished clawbacks in more than a quarter century,

and White House officials made clear that they would pursue additional reductions. Both chambers acted before a

Friday deadline, after which the executive branch would have had to release the funding. We are exclusively

reporting that railroad operator Union Pacific is holding talks to buy

its smaller rival Norfolk Southern in a deal that could create the largest rail operator in the US.

People familiar with the matter say the talks are at an early stage and there are no guarantees

they will result in any deal or receive regulatory sign-off.

And CBS says it's pulling the plug on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May when Colbert's current contract expires.

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