Trump’s skinny budget calls for defense spending hike and domestic cuts

President Donald Trump‘s fiscal 2026 budget proposal calls for $163 billion in cuts to multiple federal programs.

The symbolic skinny budget, released Friday, is a key indicator of the president’s political priorities for the federal government, but it is not expected to be passed in full.

It also gives direction to the GOP-led House and Senate on which policies to turn into spending legislation. The skinny budget, coming during the president’s first year of his second administration, is not as detailed as a normal budget...