The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump' s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their targeting of institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
The White House suggested it will make more such demands to claw back congressionally appropriated funding. Some Republicans were uncomfortable with the encroachment on their constitutional spending authority, but approved the cuts anyway rather than cross Trump's team.
Trump meanwhile is threatening to sue the Wall Street Journal for reporting on his alleged involvement with a sexually suggestive birthday gift to Jeffrey Epstein, and fans of Steven Colbert are dismayed that CBS is cancelling ‘The Late Show.' Colbert announced the cancellation only days after he described the CBS parent company's $16 million settlement offer to Trump as a ''big fat bribe.''
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Jamie Lee Curtis speaks out against Colbert cancellation
''They're trying to silence people, but that won't work. Won't work. We will just get louder,'' the actor, who has previously criticized Trump and is set to visit Colbert's show in coming days, told the AP.
CBS said ''Late Show'' was canceled for financial reasons, not for content. But there's no ignoring Colbert's relentless criticism of Trump and his denunciation of the $16 million settlement offered to Trump while the parent company's sale awaits federal approval, said Bill Carter, author of ''The Late Shift.''
''If CBS thinks people are just going to swallow this, they're really deluded,'' Carter said.