Washington — President Trump is looking to claw back nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funds that Congress already approved, deploying a rarely used maneuver known as a pocket rescission to withhold funding without lawmakers' authorization.

The move has prompted bipartisan pushback from Capitol Hill, with one top Republican calling it "unlawful."

In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X by the White House Office of Management and Budget, the president said he was proposing "15 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $4.9 billion." The cuts include funding for the State Department as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development and international development and assistance programs.

Mr. Trump has previously tried to nix foreign aid Congress has already approved,

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