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Trump attempts pocket rescission to cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid

By Kevin R. Kosar
Published September 19, 2025 5:25am ET
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President Donald Trump recently moved to cancel $4.9 billion in spending on foreign aid, the latest skirmish in the battle for control of the federal budget between the White House‘s Office of Management and Budget and Congress’s appropriations committees.

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