The Associated Press
Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated.
The cuts now await Trump's signature, and the White House suggests more efforts to overrule congressional spending authority.
Trump meanwhile is threatening to sue the Wall Street Journal for reporting that he once contributed a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein.
And fans of Steven Colbert are dismayed that CBS is cancelling ‘The Late Show.’ That announcement swiftly followed a monologue where Colbert described the parent company's $16 million settlement offer to Trump as a “big fat bribe.”