Trump cancels US$4.9 billion in foreign aid, escalating clash with Congress
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly US$5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday (Aug 29), raising the likelihood of a federal shutdown as Democrats oppose the policy. The US$4.9 billion in cuts target programmes of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Trump wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives. The president "will always put AMERICA FIRST", the White House Office
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