READ: Trump's budget request for fiscal 2026

The White House unveiled the "skinny" version of its budget proposal Friday morning for the next fiscal year. In a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced that the president’s budget would reduce base nondefense discretionary budget authority by 22.6 percent, cutting spending levels...

May 2, 2025 - 18:32
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READ: Trump's budget request for fiscal 2026

The White House unveiled the "skinny" version of its budget proposal Friday morning for the next fiscal year.

In a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced that the president’s budget would reduce base nondefense discretionary budget authority by 22.6 percent, cutting spending levels by $163 billion.

Vought touted what he called a “historic” investment of $175 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security to implement Trump’s mass deportation and plans to secure the border.

On the defense side, the administration proposes to increase funding by 13 percent, bringing the total to just more than $1 trillion. 

Read the details here.