President Trump proposes major cuts to federal spending.

Part of the White House's budget plan for next year.

But any spending will have to be approved by Congress.

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President Archer weekend. President Trump has issued his first budget proposal since returning to the White House.

He wants to slash spending for many federal agencies, but increase spending for defense

and border security. The president's spending plans are expected to run into

strong opposition in Congress, which will need to approve any budget. And Pierre's Daniel Kurtzleben

joins us. Danielle, thanks for being with us. Thank you, Scott. What do you see standing out in this budget?

Well, first off, it would make some big cuts to non-defense spending. It would cut those by nearly one quarter. Now, that is a big category. It includes education, transportation, scientific research. So it's a deep and broad swath of cuts. And then in turn, there are some big spending additions. Trump wants to boost defense spending by 13% to a trillion dollars per year. And not only that,

but he's proposing a 65% boost to Homeland Security spending, and that would go in part to mass

deportations and completing the border wall, his signature issues. I should add, though, that this is not a

full budget. It's an outline, and it doesn't

include mandatory spending. That's those big social safety net programs like Medicare and

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