What Trump cut in his budget - Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor

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Written by Kim Soffen and Denise Lu

On Thursday, the Trump administration released a preliminary 2018 budget proposal, which details many of the changes the President wants to make to the federal government’s spending. The proposal covers only discretionary, not mandatory, spending.

Defense spending increase

To pay for an increase in defense spending, a down payment on the border wall and school voucher programs, among other things, funding was cut from the discretionary budgets of other Executive Departments and Agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department and the Agriculture Department took the hardest hits.

In total, the budget proposes to eliminate funding for these 19 agencies:

* African Development Foundation
* Appalachian Regional Commission
* Chemical Safety Board
* Corporation for National and Community Service
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting
* Delta Regional Authority
* Denali Commission
* Institute of Museum and Library Services
* Inter-American Foundation
* U.S. Trade and Development Agency
* Legal Services Corporation
* National Endowment for the Arts
* National Endowment for the Humanities
* Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
* Northern Border Regional Commission
* Overseas Private Investment Corporation
* U.S. Institute of Peace
* U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
* Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/?utm_term=.48a63cef2da2

2017 versus Trumps' 2018 budget: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/?utm_term=.193acdcf07cb#defunded