WASHINGTON — Prominent members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are pushing back against President Donald Trump after he abruptly canceled nearly $5 billion in foreign aid on Thursday night — heightening the risk of a government shutdown next month.

The Office of Management and Budget announced on Friday that Trump approved a $4.9 billion cut in foreign aid programs the night before through a process called pocket rescissions, a rarely used and legally questionable procedure that allows the president to cancel government funding without congressional approval. The process allows Trump to circumvent lawmakers because the request comes so close to the end of the fiscal year, which is scheduled to end on Oct. 1.

“For the first time in nearly 50 years, the President is using his auth

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