LIVE: Live updates: White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget

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President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget plan would slash nondefense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to statements released by the White House on Friday.

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New executive order directs federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR: Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.
Rubio takes on dual national security roles: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security jobs at once as Trump presses forward with his top-to-bottom revamp of U.S. foreign policy, upending the configuration of the executive branch.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip protections from migrants: The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.

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