Congress Rejects Trump's Massive Budget Cuts
February 17, 2026·7 days ago·via The New York Times
President Trump pushes for bold budget cuts in his second term, targeting wasteful spending like $33 billion from Health and Human Services, 40% from NIH, and elimination of programs such as LIHEAP that balloon government bloat. Congress, in a bipartisan show of big-government loyalty, rebuffs nearly all these reforms, boosting NIH funding by $415 million and preserving education and health slush funds despite Trump's common-sense axe.
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