Vice President JD Vance cast two tie-breaking votes in the Senate Tuesday to move forward a $9.4 billion rescissions package — which would rip federal funding from PBS and NPR — in the upper chamber.

The Senate has reconvened to debate codifying DOGE spending cuts as the deadline to act on the White House priority looms and President Donald Trump continues pushing his agenda. Follow for live updates.

The Minnesota Democrat 'started to not feel well' during the day and will stay the night at a Washington hospital, her staff said.

The U.S. Senate has opened debate on a $9 billion rescission bill to claw back foreign aid and other funding not aligned with Trump administration priorities, but will apparently leave one critical public health program alone.

The rescissions bill to claw back funding approved for foreign aid, NPR and PBS is a top Trump priority, but some Senate Republicans have raised concerns about the cuts.

Last week, the Senate appropriations process took an unexpected turn on another spending bill when Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined Democrats to back an amendment from Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen regarding the future of the FBI headquarters building.

A man was arrested by Capitol Police on Sunday after shouting from the Senate gallery and disrupting debate on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

At the same time Monday night, Senate candidates Vance and Ryan were facing one another in Ohio, in their second– and final – debate this year.Each nominee used part of their time on stage to ...