The so-called rescissions package would claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend. It would require only GOP votes to pass.

The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.

The package would cancel $9.4 billion in funding that Congress previously appropriated for NPR, PBS and USAID.

The official portrait, released on Monday by the White House, features a somber Mr. Trump against a dark backdrop.

Few American presidents have leveraged self-images for political messaging — and sometimes personal gain — in the way Trump has throughout his political career.

Washington — The White House unveiled a new portrait of President Trump on Monday, showing him in a slightly different light than the portrait released ahead of his inauguration in January . In the latest portrait, Mr. Trump wears his signature red tie and his face is accentuated by deep shadowing.