House Passes $9 Billion in Spending Cuts

“The House passed a bill to slash $9 billion in federal spending early Friday and sent it to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature,” the Washington Post reports.

“But not before a detour aimed at containing the political fallout from the Trump administration’s failure to release the files of convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.”

Wall Street Journal: “Both chambers acted before a Friday deadline after which the executive branch would have had to release the funding. The final vote was delayed for several hours Thursday night as Democrats in the House Rules Committee failed to advance an amendment that would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to release records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.”