Trump Cancels $4.9B in Foreign Aid Using Fiscal Year Pocket Rescission

The Trump administration canceled $4.9 billion in previously obligated foreign aid by using a pocket rescission strategy — allowing the fiscal year to expire without disbursing funds that Congress had appropriated for global health, humanitarian, and development programs. The maneuver bypassed the Impoundment Control Act''s requirement for formal rescission proposals requiring congressional approval. USAID and State Department programs in 40 countries were immediately suspended.