Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 505

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

The congressional watchdog’s decision contends the White House budget office doesn’t hold the ability to claw back that funding without approval from Congress.

“Any withholding of appropriated funds beyond their date of expiration, regardless of size, subverts both the constitutional process for enacting federal …

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