Source Details

View detailed information about this source submission and its extracted claims.

Back to Sources
Screenshot of https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid.html?nl=breaking-news&regi_id=122976029&segment_id=204890
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid.html?nl=breaking-news&regi_id=122976029&segment_id=204890

Trump's administration seeks to unilaterally cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid, bypassing Congress. This move is legally questionable and faces bipartisan opposition, potentially jeopardizing government funding.

US Politics
Foreign Aid
Trump Administration
Congressional Relations
Budget Cuts
International Relations

AI Extracted Information

Automatically extracted metadata and content analysis.

AI Headline
Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
Simplified Title
Trump Cuts Foreign Aid Defying Congress
AI Excerpt
Trump's administration seeks to unilaterally cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid, bypassing Congress. This move is legally questionable and faces bipartisan opposition, potentially jeopardizing government funding.
Subject Tags
US Politics Foreign Aid Trump Administration Congressional Relations Budget Cuts International Relations
Context Type
News
AI Confidence Score
1.000
Context Details
{
    "tone": "informative",
    "perspective": "neutral",
    "audience": "general",
    "credibility_indicators": [
        "named_sources",
        "official_documents"
    ]
}
Tone
informative
Perspective
neutral
Audience
general

Source Information

Complete details about this source submission.

Domain
nytimes.com
Site Name
The New York Times
Section
Politics
Publisher
The New York Times Company
Author
Catie Edmondson
Published Date
August 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Overall Status
Pending
Submitted By
Donato V. Pompo
Submission Date
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Metadata
{
    "source_type": "extension",
    "content_hash": "a0422416c3d53a6bac0d812da14128d40efed4330f5021a0482bca362e292106",
    "submitted_via": "chrome_extension",
    "extension_version": "1.0.18",
    "claim_extraction_result_summary": {
        "total_processed": 8,
        "attached": 0,
        "detached": 0,
        "updated": 8,
        "target_claim_uuids": [
            "9fc8a41c-bc28-4851-b603-4471a17efea2",
            "9fc8a41d-c071-4197-b769-a6142a614d0c",
            "9fc8a41e-c37d-4de4-ac40-946a23625417",
            "9fc8a41f-beac-4a0f-a2d1-6d165ebf2445",
            "9fc8a420-bf89-4dd7-8f0c-6d9e34e81c8d",
            "9fc8a421-c2e1-4176-af67-f695dfaf00fc",
            "9fc8a422-b23e-42c2-9e26-02b987b6a189",
            "9fc8a423-a4b0-42da-9d75-fbc1f0b7d247"
        ],
        "updated_at": "2025-09-02T19:23:33.641302Z"
    },
    "claim_extraction_result": {
        "total_claims": 8,
        "similar_claims_found": 0,
        "new_claims_created": 8,
        "processed_claims": [
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a41c-bc28-4851-b603-4471a17efea2",
                "text": "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.",
                "simplified_text": "White House plans to use legally untested maneuver to claw back foreign aid money.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Politics"
                ],
                "confidence": 0.9,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a41d-c071-4197-b769-a6142a614d0c",
                "text": "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.",
                "simplified_text": "Administration attempts to unilaterally claw back appropriated money by running out the clock for Congress.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Politics"
                ],
                "confidence": 0.9,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a41e-c37d-4de4-ac40-946a23625417",
                "text": "The White House has informed Congress it intends to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, invoking a little-known and legally untested power to slash spending without their approval.",
                "simplified_text": "White House intends to cancel $4.9 billion for foreign aid programs.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Politics",
                    "Finance"
                ],
                "confidence": 0.9,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a41f-beac-4a0f-a2d1-6d165ebf2445",
                "text": "The fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, before the 45-day period in which Congress is required to consider a rescission request from the White House.",
                "simplified_text": "Fiscal year ends September 30 before 45-day period for Congress to consider rescission request.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Finance"
                ],
                "confidence": 1,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a420-bf89-4dd7-8f0c-6d9e34e81c8d",
                "text": "Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.",
                "simplified_text": "Rescinding appropriated funds without congressional approval is a violation of law.",
                "claim_maker": "Senator Susan Collins",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Law",
                    "Finance"
                ],
                "confidence": 0.9,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a421-c2e1-4176-af67-f695dfaf00fc",
                "text": "The single biggest clawback would be a $445 million cut to U.S. funding of peacekeeping operations abroad, including through the United Nations.",
                "simplified_text": "$445 million cut is biggest clawback to US funding of peacekeeping operations.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Finance",
                    "International Relations"
                ],
                "confidence": 1,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a422-b23e-42c2-9e26-02b987b6a189",
                "text": "The request also proposes a $132-million rescission of the $140 million approved by Congress for the Democracy Fund at the State Department.",
                "simplified_text": "Request proposes $132 million rescission of $140 million for Democracy Fund.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Finance",
                    "Politics"
                ],
                "confidence": 1,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            },
            {
                "uuid": "9fc8a423-a4b0-42da-9d75-fbc1f0b7d247",
                "text": "The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan oversight body that reports to Capitol Hill, ruled during the first Trump administration that pocket rescissions are illegal.",
                "simplified_text": "Government Accountability Office ruled pocket rescissions are illegal during first Trump administration.",
                "claim_maker": "The author",
                "claim_subject_tags": [
                    "Government",
                    "Law",
                    "Politics"
                ],
                "confidence": 1,
                "context_type": "News Article",
                "similarity_found": false,
                "linked_to": null,
                "similarity_score": null
            }
        ],
        "improved_author": "Catie Edmondson",
        "suggested_reeval_at": "2026-08-29 12:00:00"
    }
}
Database ID
1189
UUID
9fc0570e-8faa-4b42-b316-e67b5dbdb850
Submitted By User ID
7
Created At
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Updated At
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
AI Source Vector
Vector length: N/A
AI Extraction Metadata
{
    "extracted_at": "2025-09-02T19:08:49.826331Z",
    "ai_model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
    "extraction_method": "automated",
    "content_length": 4212,
    "url": "https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-foreign-aid.html?nl=breaking-news&regi_id=122976029&segment_id=204890",
    "existing_metadata": {
        "author_name": null,
        "published_at": null,
        "domain_name": null,
        "site_name": null,
        "section": null,
        "publisher": null
    }
}
Original Content
<html lang="en" class="story nytapp-vi-article nytapp-vi-story story nytapp-vi-article " data-nyt-compute-assignment="fallback" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" data-rh="lang,class"><head>
    
    
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid - The New York Times</title>
    <meta data-rh="true" name="robots" content="noarchive, max-image-preview:large"><meta data-rh="true" name="description" content="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."><meta data-rh="true" property="twitter:url" content="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid.html"><meta data-rh="true" property="twitter:title" content="Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid"><meta data-rh="true" property="twitter:description" content="The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a...
Parsed Content
Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

By Catie Edmondson

Aug. 29, 2025, 12:07 p.m. ET

The White House has informed Congress it intends to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, invoking a little-known and legally untested power to slash spending without their approval.

The 15-page notification, sent to Congress on Thursday night and reviewed by The New York Times, is the administration’s first effort to push through what is known as a β€œpocket rescission.” It is an effort to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by waiting so late in the fiscal year to make the request that lawmakers do not have time to reject it before the funding expires.

The fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, before the 45-day period in which Congress is required to consider a rescission request from the White House. Republicans could bring the matter to a vote sooner, but party leaders have shown little appetite for resisting the pre...

Processing Status Details

Detailed status of each processing step.

Parsing Status
Pending
Claim Extraction Status
Pending
AI Extraction Status
Pending

Claims from this Source (8)

All claims extracted from this source document.

Claim Management System - MVP