US Senate to vote on Trump funding cuts as deadline looms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will begin voting as soon as Tuesday on President Donald Trump's request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting previously approved by Congress, the latest test of Trump's control over his fellow Republicans. Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the chamber's Republican majority leader, said he hoped the first procedural votes would take place on Tuesday, but he did not know whether he had enough votes for the measure to pass