Trump Action Archive

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• House Republicans pass Trump's $9 billion federal funding rescissions package — The House of Representatives passed a rescissions bill on a party-line vote (216–213) that claws back $9 billion in federal spending, including $8 billion in foreign assistance and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which funds NPR and PBS). Two Republicans broke ranks. The Senate had approved the measure earlier; it now heads to the president's desk for signature. The vote was delayed by Democratic amendments related to Jeffrey Epstein documents.

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• Trump administration imposed tariffs on U.S. allies including Japan, Europe, and South Korea — The Trump administration imposed tariffs on allied nations including Japan, Europe, and South Korea. The tariffs fragment the American alliance system and degrade U.S. manufacturing capacity by cutting allies off from American markets and vice versa, while leaving China's economy largely unweakened. The move represents a shift from earlier tariffs on China, which the administration found too difficult to enforce.

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• Palestinian American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in West Bank — Sayfollah 'Saif' Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian American ice-cream shop owner from Tampa Bay, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers on his family's farm in Baten al-Hawa, West Bank, on an unspecified date in summer 2025. Witnesses report settlers attacked him with clubs and bats after a confrontation over land; ambulances were blocked by Israeli forces for three hours. A second young man, Razek Hussein al-Shalabi, 23, was shot and killed in the same attack. The Israeli military claimed stones were thrown first and said it was investigating.
• Family of US citizen killed by Israeli settlers calls on Trump administration for prosecution — Relatives of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old US citizen from Tampa beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, held a press conference in Florida calling on the Trump administration to arrest and prosecute those responsible. The family criticized US government indifference to the killing. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee subsequently posted on X acknowledging Musallet's death and stating Israel must investigate, but no formal prosecution action has been announced.

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• Senate considers $9.4 billion spending rescission package — The Senate considered a White House request for Congress to approve $9.4 billion in spending cuts the Trump administration made unilaterally to congressionally appropriated funds. The package includes ending federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and local stations. The House had already passed it. Congress must approve by Friday or the funds revert to original appropriations. Senate Republicans expressed frustration that the White House had not specified which programs would be cut.
• Senate Republicans and White House reverse PEPFAR funding cut — Senate Republicans and the White House reached an agreement to reverse a proposed $400 million cut to PEPFAR, the global HIV and AIDS relief program, as part of Trump's $9 billion recissions package. The reversal preserved funding for the international health initiative.
• Trump administration announces plan to defund public broadcasting — The Trump administration included in its rescission package a request to end federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and local public broadcasting stations. The administration stated that NPR and PBS "fuel…partisanship and left-wing propaganda." The cuts are part of the broader $9.4 billion rescission request before Congress.
• Senate Republicans advance rescissions bill cutting $9bn in public broadcasting and foreign aid — Senate Republicans moved to pass a rescissions package slashing up to $9bn in previously appropriated funds, targeting $1.1bn for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which funds NPR and PBS) and approximately $8bn in foreign assistance. The GOP is racing to meet a Friday legal deadline. Vice President JD Vance broke a tie on a procedural vote after three Republican senators joined all Democrats in opposition. The Senate began a vote-a-rama on Wednesday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a compromise to preserve $400m in PEPFAR funding, requiring a second House vote.
• Senate passes Trump rescissions package to claw back $9bn in spending — Congressional Republicans advanced legislation requested by President Trump to rescind $9 billion in previously appropriated federal funding, including $1.1 billion for public broadcasting (NPR/PBS) and approximately $8 billion in foreign aid. The Senate passed the bill 51–48 on July 17, 2025, with Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voting against it. The measure now returns to the House for final approval before the 45-day rescission window expires on July 18.
• US Senate passes Trump-requested rescissions package cutting $9bn in foreign aid and public broadcasting — The Republican-controlled Senate voted 51–48 to approve a rescissions bill that claws back $9 billion in previously appropriated spending, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which funds NPR and PBS) and approximately $8 billion in foreign assistance. All Democrats and two Republicans (Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins) opposed the measure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune framed it as "fiscal sanity," while Democrats condemned it as an unconstitutional surrender of Congress's spending authority to the executive branch. The bill now proceeds to the House for final approval before a Friday deadline.