President Donald Trump is rescinding $4.9 billion in foreign aid, a move that further complicates a protracted and partisan government funding fight ahead of a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline set to engulf Congress when it returns next week from summer recess.

The White House budget office notified Congress of its intent to use a so-called “pocket” rescission, a legally untested maneuver that allows presidents, in certain cases, to withdraw appropriated funds without the approval of lawmakers, but that has not been used since 1977 by President Jimmy Carter’s administration.

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