The Washington Post: Funding freeze thrusts foreign aid groups into crisis

“The administration’s request to rescind over $8.3 billion in foreign assistance funds previously appropriated by Congress represents a profound departure from America's longstanding bipartisan commitment to global leadership. The administration claims these cuts only target wasteful spending and yet provide examples totaling less than 1% of its proposed cuts."

Giving new executive branch authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits creates a framework in which any administration, Democrat or Republican, can systematically dismantle legitimate nonprofit work with little more than false accusations as justification.