US House passes Trump plan to cut $9bn from foreign aid, public broadcasting

Along with Democrats, only two House Republicans voted against the cut

The US's Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed president Donald Trump's $9bn funding cut to public media and foreign aid early on Friday, sending it to the White House to be signed into law.

The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate this week to exclude cuts of about $400m in funds for the global PEPFAR HIV/Aids prevention program.