Trump budget proposal aims to cut $163 billion, mirroring DOGE plan

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump unveiled a budget blueprint with $163 billion in spending cuts to non-military programs that mirror the reductions he’s made from firing federal workers and dismantling U.S. government agencies.

The proposed cuts for the next fiscal year starting Oct. 1 would represent a 22.6% reduction from current spending and span an array of programs dealing with the environment, education, foreign aid and health care. Trump's billionaire adviser Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have already targeted many of those programs, which the budget aims to make permanent even as the world's richest man plans to step back from his administration efforts.

But the May 2 proposal comes after courts have blocked many of those cuts. Even Republican lawmakers who lead Congress have begun voicing concerns about cutting some of the rejected programs.

The Defense Department's budget would increase $119 billion to top $1 trillion, with the goals of strengthening security, deterring aggression from China and revitalizing the U.S. industrial base. The Department of Homeland Security would receive an additional $43.8 billion to secure the border as part of a multi-year commitment of $175 billion, under the Trump budget plan.

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