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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more

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The White House on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. 
The $810 million in the “pocket rescission” would have gone to refugee assistance programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, a Treasury Department program that provided “debt forgiveness to foreign countries that make

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