Trump budget proposal aims to cut $163 billion, mirroring DOGE plan
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🗓️ 3 May 2025
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President Donald Trump unveiled a budget blueprint on Friday. Plus, despite additions, some GOP senators slammed his defense budget for being too stingy.
USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey talks about Stephen A. Smith as Democrats grapple with celebrity populism.
A new policy means zero tolerance for visa holders.
President Trump says he's revoking Harvard's tax-exempt status.
USA TODAY Sports Columnist Dan Wolken discusses a renewed interest in aftercare for retired racehorses.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:14.6 | Today, taking a look at Trump's budget proposal, plus Democrats grapple with celebrity populism |
| 0:19.6 | and made conversations about whether Stephen A. Smith |
| 0:22.5 | might run for office. And with the Kentucky Derby today, we talk about caring for horses once they've |
| 0:27.7 | retired from racing. President Donald Trump has unveiled a budget blueprint with $163 billion in |
| 0:34.5 | spending cuts to non-military programs. The cuts mirror reductions he's already made from firing federal workers to dismantling U.S. government agencies. |
| 0:42.9 | The proposed cuts for the next fiscal year starting October 1st would represent a nearly 23% reduction from current spending and span an array of programs dealing with the environment, education, foreign aid, and health care. |
| 0:55.5 | Trump's billionaire advisor Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have already targeted many of those programs, |
| 1:01.2 | but yesterday's proposal came after courts have blocked many of the cuts. |
| 1:04.9 | Agencies facing proposed reductions include the Environmental Protection Agency, |
| 1:08.6 | the Energy Department, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services. |
| 1:15.1 | Meanwhile, the Defense Department's budget would increase $119 billion to top a trillion, |
| 1:20.3 | with the goals of strengthening security, deterring aggression from China, and revitalizing the U.S. |
| 1:25.0 | Industrial Base. The Department of Homeland Security would receive an additional |
| 1:28.5 | nearly $44 billion to secure the border as part of a multi-year commitment of $175 billion. |
| 1:34.7 | As for defense, that extra spending is a one-year-only supplement to jumpstart Trump's priorities, |
| 1:39.5 | including an next-generation missile defense shield, new U.S. shipbuilding capacity, and military-led border |
| 1:44.9 | security missions. Several GOP senators slammed Trump's defense budget for being too stingy, |
| 1:50.1 | arguing the one-time increase won't have the lasting effect of a permanent addition to the defense |
| 1:54.7 | budget. You can take a closer look at Trump's budget proposal with a link in today's show notes. |
| 2:04.0 | Could Stephen A. Smith be Democrats' answer to Donald Trump? |
| 2:08.0 | Polls and voters, at least for now, don't think so, but they're grappling with the idea |
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