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BWAF Podcast — Ep. 87: Slashing and Shifting: Inside President Trump's FY2026 Budget Proposal - Taxpayers for Common Sense

In this episode of Budget Watchdog All Federal, Steve Ellis and Josh Sewell analyze President Trump’s newly released “skinny budget” for fiscal year 2026, which proposes $163 billion in cuts primarily to domestic programs while increasing funding for defense, homeland security, and border security. Get the TCS take on how these dramatic spending shifts might impact vulnerable populations, and whether these changes would meaningfully address the …

Weekend reading: The President's budget cuts and "soft eugenics" - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

The President’s proposed budget cuts are worth a close look. In addition to what I’ve posted this week, I have a few comments about it. Most of the government’s budget cannot be cut; it is mandatory. Mandatory expenditures include defense, interest payments, social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, yes, SNAP.   These can only be cut by an act of Congress. The cuttable discretionary programs are the ones aimed at helping everyone, but especia…

Explainer: How Trump ’s Proposed 2026 Budget Impacts Transgenderism, Abortion, Education, Immigration, and More - Dr. Rich Swier

President Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a promise to end divisive, taxpayer-funded programs, and his proposed budget for the next fiscal year

NAEYC: President’s budget proposes more harmful cuts for young children, families and early childhood educators | The Highland County Press

The Trump Administration’s partial budget proposal, which was released last week, outlines what it wants Congress to fund and to cut in fiscal year 2026.