Bill to claw back public media, foreign aid funds clears key Senate hurdle with Vance breaking tie

Senate Republicans connected Tuesday narrowly cleared a cardinal procedural hurdle connected the way to clawing backmost billions of dollars successful backing antecedently authorized by Congress for overseas assistance and nationalist broadcasting.  Vice President Vance had to interruption the 50-50 necktie ballot aft 3 Republicans — Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine) and Mitch McConnell…