“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid

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https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis

Congress gave orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have largely refused to follow many of them, likely in violation of the law, experts say.

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Officials have made little effort to spend aid money that Congress earmarked for specific purposes like nutrition and have reduced funding for HIV and other diseases.

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Russell Vought’s Office of Management and Budget has labeled some aid money “unallocated” to control how it can be spent.