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Trump Proposes $163 Billion Cuts, Boosts Defense Spending

President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping 2026 budget proposing $163 billion in domestic spending cuts alongside a major increase in defense and border security, signaling a sharp shift in federal priorities and sparking GOP backlash.

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Two Women Shot on California College Campus

Multiple Injured in Spartan College Inglewood Shooting

Police Search for Shooter at Spartan College Near LA

Trump Seeks Supreme Court Nod for DOGE Social Security Data

Trump Administration Urges Court to Allow DOGE Access to Social Security

Trump DOJ Asks SCOTUS to End Dogecoin Data Freeze

Pakistan Test-Fires Missile Amid Rising Tensions with India

Pakistan Fires Ballistic Missile as Kashmir Violence Rises

Ex-Pakistan NSA: No Major War With India But Must Be Ready

Israel Launches Airstrikes on Syrian Cities over Druze Violence

Israel Says Airstrikes Near Syria Palace Were ‘Message’

Israeli Military Targets Syria’s Presidential Palace in Airstrike

Trump Proposes $163 Billion Cuts, Boosts Defense Spending

3 GOP Senators Slam Trump’s Defense Budget as Too Stingy

Trump Budget Calls for $17 Billion NIH Cuts, Cites Wuhan Oversight

Trump Threatens to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

Trump Again Threatens Harvard Tax Exemption: ‘It’s What They Deserve!’

Harvard Says Trump Lacks Legal Basis to Yank Tax-Exempt Status

EPA Plans Staff Cuts, Climate Program Slashes in Overhaul

EPA to Slash Climate Programs, Return to Reagan-Era Staffing

EPA Admin Lee Zeldin Calls Out Media Bias, Denies Biden Waste Claims

US Army Plans Massive Parade for 250th Anniversary, Trump’s Birthday

Trump’s Birthday Parade to Feature Thousands of Soldiers and Tanks

Army Confirms 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump Birthday

Russia’s Drone Strike Wounds Nearly 50 in Kharkiv

47 Injured in Russian Drone Attack on Kharkiv

Russia Hits Kharkiv with Mass Drone Strike, Injuring 46

Trump Admin Labels Two Haitian Gangs as Foreign Terrorists

US State Department Designates Haitian Gangs as Terror Organizations

Trump Admin Settles Lawsuit with Family of Ashli Babbitt

Trump DOJ Agrees to Settlement Over Ashli Babbitt Jan. 6 Death

Settlement Reached in Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Suit

China Signals Openness to Trade Talks Amid Tariff Disputes

China Opens Door to Trump Tariff Talks

China Weighs Fentanyl Offer to Start U.S. Trade Talks

Republicans Clash Over Contentious Trump Budget Cuts

Core GOP Senators Blast Trump Budget as ‘Roadmap of Destruction’

GOP Sen. Wicker Criticizes Trump Defense Budget as Insufficient

Trump Admin to Cut CIA Workforce by 1,200 Jobs

CIA Plans Over 1,000 Job Cuts Amid Trump’s Shrinking Spy Force

Trump Admin to Slash Thousands of Spy Agency Jobs

South Korea’s Conservatives Pick Kim Moon-soo as Presidential Candidate

South Korea’s Main Conservative Party Nominates Kim Moon Soo

Trump Signs Executive Order Defunding NPR and PBS

Trump Orders Federal Funding Cut to NPR and PBS

PBS Chief Decries Trump Order to Slash Public Broadcast Funds

Trump, Mexico’s Sheinbaum Clash Over Drug Cartel Fight

Trump Pressures Mexico to Let U.S. Lead Cartel Fight

7 Killed in Deadly Pickup Truck and Tour Van Crash Near Yellowstone

7 Dead After Tour Van and Pickup Collide Near Yellowstone Park

Fatal Tour Van Crash Near Yellowstone Leaves Seven Dead

Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Law Firm

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Order Against Perkins Coie

Judge Permanently Blocks Trump Executive Order Against Law Firm

Trump Signs Executive Order Cutting Funding To PBS and NPR

Trump Cuts Federal Funding to Public Broadcasting Services

Trump Orders End to Taxpayer Funds for NPR and PBS

Trump’s DOJ Files Suit Against Illinois Over Illegal Alien Program

Illinois Governor George Ryan Dies at 91

Illinois Man Gets 53-Year Sentence for Hate Crime Murder

Is Prince Harry Seeking Royal Family Reconciliation?

Prince Harry Says King Charles Won’t Speak to Him

Prince Harry Loses UK Court Fight for Security Detail

Newark Airport Faces Flight Delays, United Cuts 35 Flights

United Airlines Scraps Daily Flights Amid FAA Issues

Flight Delays Mount at Newark Amid Air Traffic Controller Shortage

Trump Budget Proposal Boosts Border Security by 65 Percent

Trump Calls for $44 Billion Border Security Boost

Trump Admin Designates Haitian Gangs as Terrorist Groups

SCOTUS Asked to Lift Block on DOGE Social Security Access

Trump Admin Files Emergency Stay Request in DOGE Case

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