Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025.
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President Trump is set to propose $163 billion in cuts to non-defense discretionary spending for the 2026 fiscal year in what’s known as a “skinny budget” later on Friday.
Those cuts are for spending that Congress authorizes each year — which does not include spending on safety nets like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
The cuts, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, represent a 22.6% cut in projected spending for the current fiscal year. They were confirmed by a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget who was not authorized to speak publicly ahead of the release of the budget proposal.
The “skinny budget” is a summary of budget proposals that presidents often release in their first term, followed later on by the traditional full budget books that include all spending and revenue projections.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
