The White House launched on Friday the budget proposed by President Donald Trump for fiscal year 2026, which requires $ 163 billion in cuts to federal expenses.
The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, in a letter to Congress together with the proposal, said the cuts to discretionary financing would lead to “significant savings.”
“The President proposes the non-defense authority authority of $ 163 billion, 22.6 percent below the year-year expense, while protecting funds for national security, veterans, older adults, the application of law and infrastructure,” Vought wrote.
While budget proposals are essentially a list of desires for the administration, they serve to illustrate the president’s priorities and what the White House awaits is a starting point for negotiations with Congress.
The proposed cuts would come from the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, USAID and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
However, Trump is proposing a 13% increase in defense spending, which would lead him to $ 1.01 billion for the next fiscal year.
President Donald Trump arrives to give a graduation speech at the University of Alabama, on May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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The administration also proposes $ 175 billion to go to the southern border.
Senator Patty Murray, the main Democrat in the Senate Assignments Committee, issued a critical statement on President Trump’s budget, expressing alarm that the application could severely reduce programs in which many Americans trust.
“President Trump has made clear his priorities such as the day: he wants the selfless programs to help working Americans while paleing massive tax exemptions to billionaires like him and collect taxes on middle -class Americans with their reckless tariffs,” Murray said in the statement.
“This preliminary budget proposal is exceptionally light on the details we desperately need, but this is clear: Trump wants to eviscerate programs that import the most working families,” Murray said.
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Allison Pecorin of ABC News contributed to this report.
