White House seeks to run out clock on funding after already slashing billions in aid in move decried as overreach.

According to the report, of the $5 bln to be returned to the US budget, $3.2 bln had been allocated to the US Agency for International Development, while the remainder was…

The last time a president used the tool was in 1977, and if standardised by the White House, it could bypass Congress on key spending choices.

President Donald Trump is attempting to recoup around $5 billion in federal funding already approved for distribution to the State Department and foreign aid programs, the White…

The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.

White House seeks to run out clock on funding after already slashing billions in aid in move decried as overreach.

The president is using a controversial manoeuvre known as a pocket recession to cut billions in foreign aid programmes.