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Defying Congress, Trump Administration Looks to Shift Billions in Foreign Aid

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration has ordered a
   review of foreign aid that critics fear could lead to sharp cuts in
   funds for global health, peacekeeping, narcotics control and other
   programs despite their having been approved by Congress.

   The review was disclosed in an administration letter and confirmed by
   congressional aides.

   Members of Congress, including some of Trump's fellow Republicans as
   well as Democrats, have been pushing back against repeated Trump
   administration efforts to cut the amount of money Washington spends on
   foreign aid.

   In April, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, often a close Trump ally,
   called the administration's proposal for a 23 percent cut in the budget
   for foreign aid and diplomacy "insane" and said it would not pass.

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