President Donald Trump is preparing a spending cut package for Congress. (Getty)
It will primarily target federal funding to NPR, PBS, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the official said, confirming details first reported by Axios.
A third GOP source told Fox News Digital that House GOP leaders had asked the White House to wait until their chamber finished consideration of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to send its spending-cut package.
The House passed the massive piece of tax-and-spending legislation last week after an all-night session of debate and procedural votes, sending it to the Senate for further consideration.
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That bill, which is being advanced under the budget reconciliation process, primarily deals with mandatory government funding that Congress must change by amending the law itself.
A rescissions package targets discretionary government funding, which Congress sets the levels of every year in its annual appropriations process.
The White House referred Fox News Digital to OMB when reached for comment.
The package is expected to get to Congress just as Musk is beginning to step away from his role leading DOGE – but is apparently still keeping a close eye on governmental affairs.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans would codify DOGE cuts. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., who voted "present" on the legislation last week, told Fox News Digital that he believed Musk was right.
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"I share Mr. Musk's concerns about the short-term adverse effect on the federal deficit of the limited spending reductions in the BBB. Debt markets remain concerned about US total debt and annual deficits," Harris said.
The House is expected to begin working on fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations next week, though the rescission package deals with FY 2025 funding.
And the 45-day deadline for that is not the only marker on the horizon – identical FY 2026 spending bills must pass the House and Senate by the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30 to avert a partial government shutdown.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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