April 3 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has requested that Congress increase the Pentagon's budget by $1.5 trillion for fiscal year 2027 on Friday.
The additional funding the president is asking for is a 40% increase over the current budget. At the same time he is requesting a 10% decrease in all non-defense spending, cutting about $73 billion from domestic programs.
Some of the programs that Trump is proposing to reduce funding to include environmental, renewable energy, transportation and infrastructure programs. About $1.6 billion would be eliminated from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research programs.
The budget request is being led by White House Budget Director Russell Vought, the author of Project 2025.
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