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Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid  The New York Times Schumer and Collins rage over Trump’s “pocket rescissions”  Axios Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms  The Washington Post Top Senate Republican sounds alarm over latest Trump attempt to cancel funding  The Hill Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won’t be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, is using what’s known as a pocket rescission — when a president submits a request to …

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress’ funding power  Politico Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress, using a maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago  Anchorage Daily News Trump moves to permanently cancel funding in rare move around Congress  Reuters Appeals court keeps alive challenge to Trump’s effort to cancel billions in foreign aid  CNN …

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Hydrate Medical is expanding its services to offer ketamine therapy one day a week, according to a news release. Ketamine therapy will be administered by Keith Parris, an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, every Tuesday. “Hurricane anniversaries often bring a resurgence of emotional distress, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms. In areas like Asheville and the surrounding mountain communities, …

Palestinians, including children, receive hot meals, distributed by charity organizations, as people struggle to access food due to Israeli food blockade in Gaza City, Gaza on Aug. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images In late February of 2024, Jordanian cargo planes flew over northern Gaza, dropping large pallets of food attached to …

Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments  Reuters Trump asks Supreme Court to step in and block billions in foreign aid spending  CNN Justice Department asks Supreme Court to allow Trump to withhold foreign aid  Politico Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Approve Foreign Aid Freeze  Bloomberg Trump administration returns to Supreme Court in dispute over foreign-aid payment  SCOTUSblog Source link

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to allow Trump to withhold foreign aid  Politico Trump asks Supreme Court to step in and block billions in foreign aid spending  CNN Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments  Reuters Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Approve Foreign Aid Freeze  Bloomberg Trump administration returns to Supreme Court in dispute over foreign-aid payment  SCOTUSblog Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to step into an ongoing fight over billions of dollars in foreign aid that it says a lower court will force it to spend unless the justices intervene. The emergency appeal, which asks the high court to weigh in by next week, deals with an unusual procedural …

Darren McKinney, the field operations director of lowernine.org, takes a break during a shift repairing a neighbor’s home in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward on 20 August 2025. Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this week, he watched his neighborhood wash away. From his second floor apartment, he saw …

The Pentagon is recruiting civilian employees to join Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign and asking staff to sign up for deployments to immigration enforcement facilities across the United States. The defense department has posted a job listing requesting volunteers for civilian federal employees apply to join a “volunteer force” supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and Customs and Border Protection …