The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires.
Russia has continued to pound Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine with airstrikes, including a barrage on Wednesday that killed at least 23 people in the capital.
The administration is aiming to strike deals to expand the United States’ access to critical minerals and to counter China’s rising influence in Africa.