Here are the tech takeaways from Trump’s budget proposal

The Trump administration released the outline of its 2026 budget request Friday morning, calling for a reduction in non-defense discretionary funding by $163 billion, or about 23% from 2025. 

The so-called “skinny budget” includes cuts to a range of nondefense discretionary spending — which doesn’t include mandatory programs like Social Security — and increases in some places like the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Aviation Administration. The administration says that it is proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. Some of the increases for defense and border security would come from a reconciliation package the administration is working on with congressional Republicans. 

The White House says that it’s taking aim at “woke” diversity programs and work on climate change; moving some government work to the state and local level; and ridding the government of “weaponized rot,” pointing to cuts to the IRS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as examples.

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