Trump cancels plan to cut billions in US foreign aid
03AM [Updated: Fri Aug 23, 2019 12:03AM ]/ US President Donald Trump has scrapped a plan to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid funding disapproved by Congress. Trump, who had described foreign aid as wasteful spending and wanted to cancel the already-appropriated funds without congressional approval, dropped a planned rescission package on Thursday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several GOP lawmakers had warned Trump against the move saying it would be detrimental to national security. In a ...
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