White House rescissions test Congress's power of the purse

The White House has ordered roughly $810 million to nearly $1 billion in congressionally approved domestic spending canceled, including immigrant services, refugee programs, and minority initiatives. Susan Collins, the GAO, and likely litigants are treating the apparent pocket-rescission strategy as a potential end-run around Congress's appropriations authority, while proposed White House control over NIH grants broadens the fight over executive politicization of federal programs.