Prior to a procedural vote Tuesday to begin debate on the $9.4 billion package, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought said that the White House had agreed to an amendment to the bill that would exempt the HIV/AIDS relief program.

The Trump administration agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from spending cuts in the rescissions package.

Vice President Vance on Tuesday night broke a tie to allow the Senate to begin debate on a bill to claw back billions of dollars in funding previously authorized by Congress for foreign aid and

The White House’s decision to safeguard $400m in President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding to support the global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emergency provides “hope” to people living with the virus,

Senate Republicans reached an agreement with the White House on Tuesday to preserve funding for a flagship global HIV and AIDS relief program known as PEPFAR, backing off a proposed $400 million cut that had drawn sharp opposition from within their own ranks and threatened to derail President Donald Trump’s sweeping package of spending rescissions.

Senate Republicans advance President Donald Trump's $9 billion spending clawback package through final procedural hurdle, with some bipartisan opposition to foreign aid cuts.

PEPFAR, a program started by George W. Bush, was set to lose $400 million after the OMB director falsely claimed it funds Russian abortions.

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.