Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
60/100
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Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
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know → know → Trump
Each year, Congress passes laws which allocate money to the federal government's various programs and agencies.
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which → pass → programs
Trump, for the second year in a row, is refusing to send some of that money to the places that Congress says it has to go, setting off a fresh battle with lawmakers over who controls federal spending.
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who → refuse → spending
Of the $810 million being withheld, $567 million comes from programs that "provided services to refugees, asylees, and other non-citizens," according to a memo from the White House.
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that → withhold → House
The move, called a pocket rescission, is illegal, according to the Government Accountability Office, an independent, non-partisan watchdog agency charged with providing federal agencies fact-based information.
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move → call → information
Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and decide how federal funds are spent — known as power of the purse.
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funds → give → purse
If the president disagrees, he or she can send a request to Congress to cancel the fund, but that is supposed to happen with 45 days notice in order to let Congress agree or disagree.
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Congress → disagree → notice
A pocket rescission happens when the president decides to cancel funds without ample time for Congress to weigh in or reallocate the money.
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Congress → happen → money
With the end of the fiscal year less than a week away, the announcement means the funds will go unspent and Congress can't respond.
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Congress → mean → year
"This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Senate Appropriations committee, wrote in a statement posted to X. "OMB is an agency of the executive branch.
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OMB → undermine → branch
It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding."
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programs → get → ?
The canceled funds are fueling anger from Democrats who say OMB director Russell Vought is violating the separation of powers and undermining Congressional authority.
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Vought → cancel → authority
"This is theft from the American people, plain and simple," wrote Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee on X.
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Murray → write → X.
"Every Republican who voted for these bills should be furious, because Vought is saying their votes don't count."
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votes → vote → bills
"Donald Trump knows he can't get these cuts through Congress, so he is illegally making them through the back door," Rep. Brendan Boyle, the top Democrat on the House Budget committee, said in a statement.
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Boyle → know → statement
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
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House → respond → comment
The administration also says it withheld $15 million to a Justice Department team tasked with "preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony," $70 million to "programs provide grants and fellowships to support institutions bringing foreign students and faculty to the United States to study or teach language," and tens of millions to various research and non-profit grant programs that target climate change or racial and gender minority work.
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that → say → change
A detailed accounting provided by the administration can be found here.
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accounting → provide → administration
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