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Shifting foreign aid from taxpayers to tithe payers? Senator suggests LDS Church, other groups can help fill void.

As Trump cuts humanitarian relief, Utah’s John Curtis says religions can step in. LDS Church gives more than $1B a year, but some faithful members say it could and should do more.

(Eric Lee | The New York Times) Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, told Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday that "a number of philanthropic entities," including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are "really ready to stand up and go to work" on the issue of foreign aid.