Trump moves to bypass Congress in cutting billions in foreign aid.
The biggest thing at stake is Congress's power of the purse, which is ascribed in the Constitution.
If Congress is not able to stand up now and stop this from happening,
the thought is that the game is over.
It has totally handed over its power to the White House.
Plus, bosses are increasingly telling employees to stop their workplace activism or else.
And Kraft Heinz nears a breakup, undoing an infamous 10-year-old merger.
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I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.
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The Trump administration said that it is using an untested strategy to rescind $4.9 billion in foreign aid without congressional approval.
In a letter to congressional leadership sent last night,
President Trump said that he wanted to rescind funds from the State Department,
international assistance programs, and the U.S.
Agency for International Development, using his authority under the Impoundment Control Act,
which gives the White House power to pause spending only in limited circumstances.
For more on this, I'm joined now by Siobhan Hughes, who covers Congress for The Journal.
what is the controversy here?
The controversy is essentially that, according to lawmakers,